Former Super Eagles first choice
goalkeeper, Peter Rufai has
disagreed with his former captain
and present coach of the team,
Stephen Keshi who has equated
the present squad with the 1994 African champions.

In an interview with
Supersport.com in Faro, Portugal,
where the Eagles are preparing
for the Africa Cup of Nations,
Coach Keshi compared his
present team to the 1994 Eagles. In a sharp reaction to this
assertion, Rufai who manned the
posts when the Eagles
campaigned at both the 1994
Cup of Nations and the FIFA
World Cup said, “our ’94 squad was poles apart.”

He said although the present
Eagles could boast of some
talented footballers, “they still
cannot be compared with the
team of our time.”

Said he, “remember, 1994 was
not our first Nations Cup as some
of us had been in the national
team since Libya ’82. We were in
Cote d’Ivoire ’84, Egypt ’86, Maroc
’88, Algiers ’90 and Senegal ’92 before Tunisia ’94. You can see
the difference. The present crop
of players have to be there for
some time to be compared to our
team.”

Apart from experience, which
Rufai said comes with time, the
former goalkeeper said, “during
our time, we played a lot of
matches, our league was good
and the competition for shirts in the national team was stiffer. We
went through a lot to get to the
national team.”

He noted that the Eagles
preparing for the Nations Cup in
South Africa were an upcoming
team that need encouragement.
“They need our prayers to
succeed in South Africa and I wish them goodluck.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/94-squad-vs-present-eagles-rufai-rebukes-keshi/

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