Both Nigeria's Super Eagles and Côte d’Ivoire's
Elephants were among the pre-tournament
favourites for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations,
but for one of them Sunday will see their final
game at the competition. Nigerian winger
Victor Moses, the hero of Nigeria's Group C
finale, spoke to FIFA.com about what is sure
to be a thrilling clash between the two giants
of African football.
In their final Group C game against Ethiopia,
the Super Eagles were staring elimination in
the face, as they were involved in a long-
distance battle over qualification with
defending champions Zambia and Burkina
Faso. With the clock counting down, the game
between Nigeria and Ethiopia in Rustenburg
was still goalless and there was the distinct
possibility that the disciplinary record would
have to decide whether Zambia or the Super
Eagles remained in the competition.
It was then that Moses kept his nerve to make
the difference. When Nigeria were awarded a
penalty in the 79th minute the young Chelsea
winger took the ball, placed it on the spot and
made no mistake. He repeated this cool feat in
injury time to send the Super Eagles through
and Zambia home. Although neither side can
be said to have hit top gear, the Ivorians are
the favourites against their west African rivals
in Sunday's quarter-final, but it is something
that does not worry Moses.
“Everyone is talking about Ivory Coast," the
Chelsea winger said. "But the same thing
happened last year, and you saw what
happened in the end [they were beaten on
penalties in the final by outsiders Zambia]. We
are just concentrating on ourselves at the
moment. We just want to do our best. It’s
going to be a hard game for us, but it’s also
going to be a hard game for them."
Moses, who was born in the Nigerian capital
of Lagos, but moved to England as a child and
played internationally for England at youth
level, will be facing several former Chelsea
players in Rustenburg, including Salomon
Kalou, whose place he is said to have taken at
the Blues.
“Kalou’s a good player. I’ve watched him a lot.
He scores goals, he’s quick. But we’ll look after
him. The most important thing for the
moment is to get together as a team, work
hard together," he said. Interestingly, another
Ivorian in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations squad,
Arouna Kone, was signed by Moses' former
club Wigan when they realised that they
would no longer be able to hold onto the
Nigerian at the beginning of the season.
Moses admitted that he had not seen Côte
d’Ivoire’s final group match, a 2-2 draw with
Algeria. "I did not watch the game, as we
were doing something else. But I know the
full squad. We’re just going to do our best,
and we will try to win.”
The 22-year-old, who was top scorer for
England at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in South
Korea in 2007, is on two goals in South Africa,
like his team-mate Emmanuel Emenike.
However, he said that there was no rivalry
between the two forwards. "We just want to
play as a team and make sure we score goals.
Anyone can score, it doesn’t matter who -
even the goalkeeper. If we get a chance, we
just have to take it." Moses said he also
benefits from playing with his Chelsea team-
mate John Obi Mikel. "He is very important to
the team. He has got a lot of experience,
which he is bringing to the squad. All of the
players have got respect for him."



Source - http://m.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1999702/index.html

SE will win CIV and go on to the final but will not win in the final. Ghana will lift the trophy.

obi4eze: SE will win CIV and go on to the final but will not win in the final. Ghana will lift the trophy.

if we play with ghana in d final...we'lll win.....bt if we play with another country in d final,dey might win us......because ....very tough teams bring out the best from our boys,dats why i tink Nigeria 'll win ivory coast

Bro Moses, no start fumble. Make una jus try una best Shikena.