Super Eagles Squad At Ghana 2008: What To Expect?

The match was wacck, wasted my time watching the match lol

if the pitch at accra is as messed up as that,
wonder what awaits us at Secondi,   

let's keep our fingers and we shouldn't believe berti vogts is the messiah taking urs to the promised.after the match with ivory coast they we will see what happens and we should forget that guinea almost drew with ghana,that's a warnin that no more under-dogs.
                   nosa arigbe-osula

We need some luck, says Kanu

January 21 2008

"The Elephants" of Ivory Coast may be one of the tournament favourites for the 2008 African Nations Cup, but Group B rivals Nigeria believe they have enough in the tank to go past them today on their way to a third continental crown.This will be the fifth clash between the two west Africa countries in this competition, with Nigeria winning two of these encounters.One of those victories was the pulsating 1994 semifinal in Tunisia as the teams battled to a thrilling 2-2 draw before the stalemate was settled on penalties as Nigeria went on to clinch their second Nations Cup title.



However, two years ago in Egypt the Ivorians won 1-0, courtesy of a Didier Drogba goal to reach the final.That has now set the tone for a grudge match."Our spirits are high to win in Ghana and now we just need a little bit of luck to do that," said Nwankwo Kanu, the oldest and the most experienced player on the Nigerian squad.Bulgaria-based midfielder Richard Eromoigbe said he is delighted with the Super Eagles' underdog tag."We are happy we are the underdogs."It's not something that worries us because we know what we are capable of. It's good that the pressure is on the Ivory Coast to win," Eromoigbe said."Win or lose, we will qualify for the quarterfinal," added top Nigerian official Amos Adamu."We have given the team our total support and we expect nothing less than the cup from them."This tournament forms part of our build-up towards the 2010 World Cup which we hope to qualify for and at least get to the semifinals."German coach Berti Vogts has instilled European discipline and organisation, particularly in the Eagles' defence, since he took charge in March, and so Joseph Yobo, Danny Shittu, Rabiu Afolabi, Onyekachi Apam and Taye Taiwo now allow very little to go past them.There has also been some exciting additions to the feared Nigerian attack in the form of Spain-based Ikechukwu Uche and Olympic team star Obinna Nsofor, who has been recalled after he was shut out for several months.The Nigeria Football Association have endured a barrage of criticism over the choice of Malaga, Spain, as training camp ahead of the tournament. A section of the local media insisted that the weather in Spain was too cold and far from being a suitable place to prepare the team because they will play under hotter conditions in Ghana.Otherwise this has been one of the best preparations by Nigeria for a major competition as they trained together for at least 10 days and tested their readiness to take on the cream of African football with friendly matches against Australia, Switzerland and Sudan.The issue of money, which has often been a flashpoint between the players and authorities, has been settled well ahead of time and so the players know that they would earn a bonus of $49 000 each by winning the cup.
The only injury doubt for Nigeria is Sunderland midfielder Dickson Etuhu, who is one of eight Nations Cup debutantes in the Eagles squad.In spite of Didier Drogba's huge influence on this team, the Elephants are not a one-man band.
Arsenal centrehalf Kolo Toure is a tower of strength and efficiency in the defence and Didier Zakora and Barcelona ace Yaya Toure pull the strings in midfield, while the tricky Aruna Dindane compliments the physical presence of Drogba upfront.

Source: http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=19&art_id=vn20080121070111794C100638&set_id=

The Ghana goals:

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Our midfield and defence is too light weight though our attack is packed with stealth bombers

It wont be the final score i believe

shame on vogts

We were playing minus one ----- Apam
Pls let there be an overhaul of the team list for the next match abegg
OMG this is a hell of shit

what did we really expect, the players lack commitment, simple.

not sure if these eagles can go far

 
We are begining to see what we were expecting, anyway let's pray they do well against Mali and Benin.  Those teams have really improved.

I made this statement the night before nigeria lost and i was proved right. Super eagles is shit and they will lose to mali too and come back home. This is the most useless team ever assembled filled with egos and individual players and lack of spirit. Am really glad the shame and hypocricy of the super eagles has come out to roost

Once again, dont put your mind on the super eagles, instead support your favourite premiership team and enjoy the fun iustead of relying on perennial mess ups like super eagles

I dont see us beating Mali

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