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Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi , has launched a thinly-veiled attack on the strikers he picked for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Nigeria crashed out of the competition after a 0-3 defeat to world and European champions, Spain in Fortaleza on Sunday, Supersport.com reports.

The African champions scored seven goals in the tournament but six of those came against minnows, Tahiti, a side that shipped in 10 goals against Spain and eight against Uruguay.

Four of the strikers selected by Keshi, Brown Ideye, Anthony Ujah, Joseph Akpala and Gambo Mohammed all failed to score in Brazil despite getting decent game time under their belt.

After managing just one goal in their final two games against Uruguay and Spain, Keshi declared in a thinly-veiled remark that the strikers he selected for the “tournament of champions” are not good enough.

“I can’t imagine that my top striker Emmanuel Emenike would miss some of the goals that we missed (at the tournament),” Keshi revealed in an astonishing post-match tirade in Fortaleza on Sunday.

Nigeria suffered a spate of late withdrawals with several top stars sitting out the tournament due to injuries.

Keshi believes his side would have performed better in Brazil if the absent players had not pulled out of the squad.

“Ogenyi Onazi was sorely missed. Victor Moses would have ruined any team here and of course several other players that should have been here could not make it due to injuries. Among them United States-based Bright Dike,” Keshi said.

Nigeria finished as the fifth best side at the tournament.
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Thank God keshi is not blind to this fact, our attack is our only problem, n probably Fegor Ogude too. During the uruguay and spain game, it suddenly seemed to me like yakubu played in an "ideye" mask. M still f...u..k.I.n.g pissed.... But then again *sips beer* m first to comment.

Yea, we really missed Emenike, Victor Moses and Onazi in that competition