Culled from Punch
Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, is
blaming the Elephants of Ivory Coast for their loss to Nigeria in the
quarter-final match on Sunday, saying star players Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba
were lackadaisical in their approach to the game.
The Ivorians were tournament favourites until they
fell 2-1 to the Super Eagles who paraded eight players featuring in the
tournament for the first time.
“People were calling them (Ivory Coast) the golden
generation but if they had said to themselves that they are not golden until
they win something, that could have made a difference,” Oliseh said in a
post-match analysis on SuperSport. Click to read more after the cut...
“Ivory Coast didn’t come to the party; you could see
Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba walking on the pitch.
“In the first half, Victor Moses had about 84 per
cent completed passes while Drogba had 27 per cent. That showed that the
Nigerians wanted the victory more than the Ivorians.”
He added, “I am happy Nigeria played well today.
Nigerians must learn to support their country irrespective of who is the coach
of the team. This was Nigeria playing and not (coach Stephen) Keshi or (Daniel)
Amokachi. Even if you hate Keshi or Amokachi you have to put it aside and
support your team. We have to love our team.”
Former Ghana international, Sammy Kuffour, who was
co-analyst, added, “Mikel Obi didn’t play particularly well in the game but his
last touch won the match for Nigeria (when he stopped the opponents from
scoring a late goal).”
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