African Champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have been commended
for their wonderful performance last night despite their 2-1 lost to
Uruguay in the ongoing FIFA Confederations cup, holding in Brasil.
Uruguay had taken the lead through defender Diego Lugano in the 19th
minute before Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel equalised for the Super
Eagles with a rare goal on 37 minutes. However, Diego Forlan scored the
winner and dashed Nigeria’s hope of getting a point from the match.
Nigerians from across the globe have continued to pour encomiums on
the Super Eagles describing the team’s performance as wonderful and
above average, even as they expressed worries that lack of superlative
strikers will continue to cost Nigeria glories.
A cross section of supporters who spoke to Vanguard through phone
calls and online medium were happy that the team is improving everyday
and charged coach Stephen Keshi to fortify the squad with competent
strikers.
Below are excerpts from some of the commentators in their own words:
Sid: Eagles played well, pressured their opponent but to no avail as
they were weak on the attack with poor finishing and for that, the
needed goals wouldn’t come. They still have a lot to improve on.
Davidrems: It was a delight watching the Super Eagles live , I must
really confessed they were entertaining, I like their smooth passes I
think its an improvement over many years of bad coaching. this Eagles
are an improved version. however I will suggest to coach Keshi to look
into this going forward (a) Nigerians should be educated about set
pieces as this is the strength of most teams of Europe and Central
America, they have to have special teams as we call it in Ice Hockey or
NFL this are designated players who are prepared to defend such
situations.
mad nigerian: We lost today, but am proud of the way we played. As I
said earlier elsewhere, I did not expect a win. I do expect that Keshi
and his backroom staff were taking notes, and making plans to work on
any potential weaknesses so that we will be prepared for the upcoming
world cup qualifiers (which are far more important than this
tournament). Victor Moses,Emma Emmenike…. we really miss you. Get well
soon!
Den_Umeh: I have not seen Nigeria play like this for a long time.
The
boys did very well. Maybe with Moses, Emenike and Kalu, the result
would have been different. Possibly, for the first time, Mikel has
decided to play for Nigeria – my assessment has nothing to do with his
goal; he was in total control of the midfield in the 2 matches so far.
Someone close to them should tell them that Spain has not forgotten
France 1998 – Nigeria can beat Spain!
Den
Foresight: Overall, Super Eagles played fantastically. Even their
official ball possession percentage was higher than that of Uruguay. I
think Oduamadi’s unfortunate injury was the reason for our loss. I won’t
talk of Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses that we so miss since they
were not part of the team due to injury.
To be fair to Ahmed Musa, he is
a fantastic player. He played well. But as usual, he was selfish. He
should have passed that ball and not hold on to it to be seized from him
for the winning goal against us.
Celestine Stephens: All the same d Super Eagles superb perfomance is
quite applausible.
So proud of them even @ defeat cos I can see an
improved performance and signs dat d Super Eagles can really play as a
team. Welldone boys.
Felix Uzuh: They were great, hope to see more of better stuff, like
this from them in the world cup. But I belive if we had victor and
emenike in this match, we would have beaten them black & blue.
Olasunkanmi Atanda: EXCELLENTO !! But we need a credible and potent striker fast.
Ogunjobi Oladimeji Michael They played well, but lack good strikers,
also we have no player on d bench, they should come back home.
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