Nigeria: Keshi - We Are Going to Make Africa Proud Against France

30 June 2014

Brasilia — Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, admitted yesterday that it will be great to have Nigeria and Algeria in the quarter final for the first time after the other three African teams, Ghana, Cameroun and Cote d' Ivoire crashed out in the group stage of the World Cup here in Brazil.

Speaking ahead of Nigeria's crucial Round of 16 clash with 1998 champions, France, in Brasilia today, Keshi insisted that it will be great for him and the Super Eagles to defeat Les Bleus to book the quarter final berth. "It will be great for us and Algeria to do Africa proud, making it into the quarter final. For me and the boys, it will be a great honour achieving this first for Nigeria at the World Cup," observed the 2013 African Coach of the Year.

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