The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has set a semi-final target for Stephen Keshi and the Super Eagles, at next year’s World Cup in Brazil.
Vice president of the federation, Chief Mike Umeh, was speaking on behalf of the football governing body in the country and said that the African champions were expected to surpass the quarter-final achievements of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana in previous outings.
“That has been discussed. No African team has surpassed the quarterfinals [of a Fifa World Cup]. Let us be the first African team that can scale that hurdle. That’s our target,” Umeh told Supersport.com.
“When a team reaches the semifinals of a major tournament, anything can happen. However, I will not say we will win the trophy in Brazil next year. That will be unrealistic”.
Umeh also insisted that there were no plans to hire a foreign technical adviser for the Nigeria national team.
He said: “I am not God and anything could happen between now and the next six months when we will compete at the World Cup.
“However, the NFF has asked [Keshi] to take us to the World Cup. He’s a very good coach and has brought some innovations to Nigerian football. He has done very well and I pray God helps him to succeed at the World Cup”.
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Vice president of the federation, Chief Mike Umeh, was speaking on behalf of the football governing body in the country and said that the African champions were expected to surpass the quarter-final achievements of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana in previous outings.
“That has been discussed. No African team has surpassed the quarterfinals [of a Fifa World Cup]. Let us be the first African team that can scale that hurdle. That’s our target,” Umeh told Supersport.com.
“When a team reaches the semifinals of a major tournament, anything can happen. However, I will not say we will win the trophy in Brazil next year. That will be unrealistic”.
Umeh also insisted that there were no plans to hire a foreign technical adviser for the Nigeria national team.
He said: “I am not God and anything could happen between now and the next six months when we will compete at the World Cup.
“However, the NFF has asked [Keshi] to take us to the World Cup. He’s a very good coach and has brought some innovations to Nigerian football. He has done very well and I pray God helps him to succeed at the World Cup”.
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