Enyeama,Keshi Beg Nigerians.
The Eagles failed to record their first win in the qualifiers for the
2015 African Nations Cup, AFCON, against the Falcons of Jediane at the
Municipal stadium in Khartoum as they were defeated 0-1.
Speaking on the poor performance of the Nigerian team, Keshi said his
side would have claimed victory in the contest if early chances were
converted.
“I must ask you to help me apologize to Nigerians for this loss
because they have so much (belief) in this team and here we are
disappointing them.
“The day was simply not ours, because we had a couple of early
chances that we would used to bury the game but the ball simply refused
to enter into the net.
“Once again on behalf of the team I want to apologise to
Nigerians and promise them we will make an immediate amend come
Wednesday.
“This is the first time I am doing this in my entire career as a player and coach”, he said.
Also, goalkeeper and captain of the Eagles, Vincent Enyeama,
while expressing confidence that the Nigerian team would qualify for the
2015 AFCON finals in Morocco, apologised to Nigerians for the defeat
against Sudan.
“We didn’t go out there to lose to Sudan but it has happened and
that is now history and I apologize on behalf of my teammates for that
but we must quickly forgive and forget.
“We have a game on Wednesday and if we win that and our last two games, we will still be in Morocco.
“Let Nigerians forgive us and also pray for us to win our remaining games,” the OSC Lille man said.
Supersport reports that Nigeria is currently bottom of Group A with
one point from three games. South Africa tops the group with seven
points, Congo has six points while Sudan has three points to their
credit.
Meanwhile, Eagles’ strike Emmanuel Emenike has blamed the bad
condition of the pitch in Khartoum for Saturday’s lose against Sudan.
Futaa.com reports that Emenike and his team
mates bitterly complained about the condition of the playing surface
after the shock 1-0 loss to Sudan in Khartoum.
“Where we played on Saturday is worst
than when we were playing street football, CAF must act to stop nonsense
like this from happening and they deliberately took us there because
they know we play in better pitches.
“The Sudanese left the pitch flooded
before the game, ensuring that the visitors had no chance of practising
on it before the game.
“Then, the pitch became miraculously dry hours later, ready for the game,” Emenike was quoted.
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