Head
coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi has revealed that top on his
priority list is to ensure that the Super Eagles are one of Africa's
representatives at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
Keshi in an interview with supersport.com, was asked to
choose if to win the
FIFA Confederations Cup or Qualify for World Cup 2014 with the Super Eagles?,
he said, I will choose qualifying for the World Cup each time. Yes, the
FIFA Confederations Cup is also good but nothing beats or compares to FIFA
World Cup, that is the real deal. That is where I aim to be and where I want my
players to be playing".
"Make no mistake we will give the tournament our
best shot but it is really to come back next year as one of Africa's
representatives at the World Cup that we are working toward.
Meanwhile, the Eagles are currently in camp in Nuremberg,
Germany preparing for the challenges of World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and
Namibia and the Confederation Cup in Brazil all in the month of June.
The team leave Germany on the 28th of May for Houston
were they take on Mexico in a friendly before the big ones against Kenya and
Namibia. A total of 20 players are in camp now and the Super
Eagles team is not a closed shop as revealed by the coach.
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