Coach Stephen Keshi Comments on World Cup Draw Results, Fears Two Unknown Opponents
Super Eagles’ coach, Stephen Keshi, will not be resting on his oars despite Nigeria’s ‘fair’ draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Nigeria
is drawn in Group F alongside Argentina, which boasts of four-time
Ballon d’Or awards winner, Lionel Messi, and, probably, one of the
world’s deadliest attackers in the history of modern football, as well
as Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Stephen
Keshi knows Argentines rather well. For both countries, the group stage
of the world’s most prestigious football tournament is almost a
romantic affair, having met at that phase in 1994, 2002 and 2010.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Iran, according to the tactician, poise more threat because of
their relative unknown status. The two countries finished top of their
respective groups during the qualifiers.
“Argentina versus Nigeria is something that is becoming a recurring decimal.“We keep playing against them at every World Cup. It’s good. We will see how it goes thistime.
“Not knowing Bosnia is a difficult thing but they are a good side. I think I’ve seen them once or twice on television. Iran? I’ve never seen them. For them to be here means they are a good team,” Stephen Keshi said after the draw in Brazil on December 6, 2013, Friday.
The schedule of the Eagles’ games:
16 June 2014
Iran v Nigeria, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
21 June 2014
Nigeria v Bosnia-Herzegovina, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
25 June 2014
Nigeria v Argentina, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre.
It would be recalled that the Super Eagles have never passed beyond LAST 16 of a World Cup.
