Eagles failed woefully in 2014, Kanu laments
Former Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu has
admitted that 2014 was a disappointing year for
Nigeria as he hopes that 2014 can be a new beginning
for the national team.
The former Arsenal player said that there is much
work to be done to restore the three-time
champions of Africa to their former glory.
After winning their third continental crown in South
Africa in 2013, Nigeria reached the second round at
the World Cup in Brazil but failed to earn the right to
defend their African crown in Equatorial Guinea.
"It is quite clear and we don't need to shy away from
the fact that Nigerian football did not fare well in the
outgoing year," Kanu told Goal.
"This is as a result of the Super Eagles' failure to
qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations holding in
Equatorial Guinea.
"So if we are not featuring among the best countries
in Africa that will participate in the 2015 AFCON, it
simply means that something [went] wrong with our
football this year.
"We didn't do well in the game this year, it's just the
honest truth. There is nothing good to write home
about as regards the senior national team of Nigeria.
"Mind you, FIFA rates our performance based on the
Super Eagles not the age grade or the women's
national teams' performances.
"It has been a disappointing year for Nigerian
football. But by God's grace, 2015 will be a new
beginning for us.
"I sincerely pray that everybody involved in the
entire crisis and problems that bedevilled Nigerian
football in the year 2014 will sit back and look at
themselves and have a rethink, have a change of
heart and start working in earnest for the growth and
good of the game in the country."
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