Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu has blamed the bad pitch of the Stade Regional de Kigali for the goalless draw the Super Eagles got in yesterday’s 2013 Africa Nations Cup first leg qualifier against the Amavubi’s of Rwanda in Kigali.

The Eagles were expected to win this match, but the home team created more chances and should have got a result against their more illustrious foes save for poor finishing and some resolute defending by skipper Joseph Yobo, who was winning a record 87th international cap.

The midfield was again the problematic department for Keshi’s team as Dickson Etuhu and Joel Obi of Inter struggled to fashion an understanding in the engine room allowing the Rwandese to head for goal almost at will.

Etuhu who was the first foreign-based professional to hit the Eagles camp on Sunday wrote on his twitter wall: “What a bad pitch,”

The former Sunderland combative midfielder further urged Nigerians to support the team while adding that the players understand their frustration.

“We need our fans behind us fully from now on. We understand their frustration but let’s move forward together,” he tweeted.

However, the best chance of the entire game fell to Eagles right back on the day Godfrey Oboabona in second half stoppage time after some great individual run by Moses.

Oboabona’s shot was blocked to ensure the spoils were split by Nigeria and Rwanda in Kigali. The return leg match will be played in Abuja on June 17.

Etuhu who struggled to stamp his authority in the encounter was replaced in the 72nd minute of the encounter by Kano Pillar’s Reuben Gabriel must now work his socks off to be relevant in the Fulham midfield following the arrival of former Real Madrid midfielder Mammadou Diarra as the Cottagers eye a top ten finish this season.

Idi-Amin:

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Bad pitch my black behind. Was it not the same bad pitch ordinary Benin republic beat them 3-0, and Ivory coast fire them 5 without reply?

silly excuses, Etuhu is worse tham Mikel when it comes to laziness.

montelik:

D coach bashing and pimping has begun again. "Sack Keshi he is useless", "we should have kept Sia1 he was d special one". When will we realize d decay in d entire sports structure in Nigeria goes further than these frivolitites. Until we address d root problems we continue to paper over d ever widened cracks.