Brazil 2014 World Cup: Keshi Praises Unselected Eagles, Solicits For More Support

The Super Eagles' coach, Stephen Keshi is full of praise for his wards especially the players that didn't make it into the 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup released last week. The 2013 Africa Nations Cup winning coach was enthused by the response of the likes of crocked Leon Balogun, John Ogu, Ike Uche and Brown Ideye who all took to social media to clamour support for team despite being dropped for the Mundial.

“I wanted the best for the initial camping list but sadly we cannot take everybody along, we had to drop some of our best and committed players,” Keshi said. “I’m happy the players understand that fact. I heard what Leon Balogun said and I must say I’m thrilled that he understands the very difficult task we have been given by Nigerians.
“We are targeting to bring him (Leon) back to the team. We are targeting to bring him back during the qualifiers for the Nations Cup in Morocco and I trust we will still be in charge,” he added.

On how to celect the final 23 come June 2 deadline, he said: “We have a lot of work to do. There are no guarantees. The provisional list is just one step, the friendly games we have planned is going to be very important.

“I just want Nigerians to continue to support the boys (Super Eagles). We hope to do the nation proud,” he said.

Nigeria Eagles will play in Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil against South American giants Argentina, debutants Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran.