While Nigerians are still weighing the strength of their possible opponents in the 2014 World
Cup qualifiers, former Abia state governor
Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu says Cameroon is a foe the
Eagles wont fail to vanquish.
Kalu is not placing assumptions on Cameroon's
recent poor form but rather on the Eagles zeal to revenge from the humiliations they have suffered from Cameroon in the past.
Kalu said that out of the three Nations Cups that Cameroon won against Nigeria only one was genuine while the other two were gifts from referees. “Bring on Cameroon. Time for pound of flesh.
These new Eagles are giant killers. They have what it takes to nail teams that tormented Nigeria in the past. And if there is one foe that must be vanquished for good, I pick Cameroon,” The Sun quotes Kalu. “Yes, they [Cameroon] won in 1984. But in 1988,
Mauritanian referee, Idrissa Sarr dashed them the Cup, when he dubiously cancelled Henry Nwosu’s goal and gave Roger Milla a penalty kick. Then in2000, the Tunisian referee punished Nigeria for beating his country in the first round,” Kalu added. While Kalu is seeing Cameroon as an affordable prey in Pot B, ex-Egyptian international Mido has tipped that Nigeria will be a good opponent for
Egypt, who like Cameroon will be drawn against