The Super Eagles are in a rebuilding phase, and a lot of the squad are making their tournament debut in South Africa, but the country’s football administrators are already piling on the pressure.
After an unconvincing 0-0 draw against minnows Cape Verde, Nigeria continued their preparation with a well-deserved 1-0 win over Dutch club FC Rotterdam on Saturday.
First Vice President of the NFF, Chief Mike Umeh told vanguardngr.com they expect coach Stephen Keshi to “deliver”.
“There is a common parlance that says, ‘to whom much is given much is expected.’ My dream, and surely, I’m speaking the minds of my colleagues on the board, is to see Keshi and the Eagles bring home the trophy.
“It would not be enough to say I want to see them in the semi-final or final. There is no other way of measuring had work than success. That means it’s the trophy or nothing.”
HAVE YOUR SAY HERE: Do you think Nigeria will bring back the trophy?
Nigeria missed out on the 2012 Afcon in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. They are drawn in Group C with Zambia, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, and play their first match against Burkina Faso on January 21.
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the NFF are completely right by setting up a trophy target but i don,t see how that can happen
Ghana are playing very good a team who has be together for 6years now
,Ivory-coast drogba $ is team for 8years
Zambia for 5 years
the understanding and experience also a contributing factor which am afraid it can possibly work against our dear Super Eagles 75% of the players has no AFCON experience
\"Knowledge is like onyx. One digs deep to have it.\"
Bafana Bafana:Its the 1st round exit or nothing
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Orlando Pierats: its the 1st round exit in CAF or nothing
No no no, Do we have Libolo again!!!???!!??!!
a 21year old nigerian boy easily looks like serero's dad.or maybe it z true that they are age cheats.Their under 20 national team is shocking to say the least you would swear it z their legend's squad
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a 21year old nigerian boy easily looks like serero's dad.or maybe it z true that they are age cheats.Their under 20 national team is shocking to say the least you would swear it z their legend's squad
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These age cheaters eat everything that smell Kak. Look at thier physique. They are like Pigs
I hate all of them, of course with Pierats FC and thier fans your Bleksim
The officials of SAFA are currently arraigned for match fixing. What do you call that in SA? In Nigeria its called fraud. But, it is the type that should be intolerable considering that it is coming from the very wrong quarters. I thought that those who commonly fix matches are the betting syndicates outside the game. A dog is not expected to eat the bone hung on its neck. Thats what SAFA \"criminals\" have done by fixing matches themselves and swapping roles with the betting syndicates.
By the way, do you remember the age cheating saga involving a certain SA clubside that was in the news recently? Please, don't throw stones if you know that your house is built with glasses. You MUST learn not to generalize. Shred your mind and purge its many impurities or it risks being permanently twisted. Its just an advice.
"Knowledge is like onyx. One digs deep to have it.\"
I suppose nijas are kafirs not kwerekweres
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