Don't judge Super Eagles with Friendlies

Don't judge Super Eagles with Friendlies

Shehu Amadu, a board member of the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF), has warned fans
not to use the result in the friendly games as a
yardstick to dismiss Nigeria's World Cup
chances.
Nigeria have failed to win any of their pre-
tournament friendlies, drawing 2-2 and 0-0
with Scotland and Greece respectively, while
they lost 2-1 to the United States in their last
warm-up game.
But Amadu insists the harsh criticisms of the
team are uncalled for, as he believes they will
impress at the tourney. He further re-
emphasized his confidence in the team
selected by the Stephen Keshi-led technical
crew.
"We believe coach Stephen Keshi has selected
the best for Nigeria and also for the
continent. I have no doubt in my mind that
Nigeria will do well at the 2014 World Cup,"
the former Kaduna State Commissioner for
Sports told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“Keshi has only lost one match out of the
friendly matches the team played in
preparation for the World Cup, yet people are
still criticising him.
“You can’t judge the team by the friendlies,
but by how many friendly matches they have
won, drawn or lost. So, if you go by that
statistics, we are in a better place to say that
we have a team that is going to do well in
Brazil.
He assured fans that the Super Eagles will put
up a performance expected of their status as
the reigning African champions.