•Says love is the magic of Eagles successes
Super Eagles and FC Dynamo KYIV OF Ukraine striker, Brown Ideye has told his teammates to show respect to their opponent, the Walyas Antelopes of Ethiopia when the two countries slug it together in Addis Ababa on Sunday for the 2014 World Cup ticket in the all important first leg, play-off match.
Ideye, who is optimistic that his team would beat the host team like they did the last time during the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, offered that the Ethiopian national team has really matured and improved compared with the last time the two teams met and now that Nigeria would be playing them on their home ground, the Eagles must treat them with respect and go for the kill.
“Every good team wants to win and the Super Eagles is a good team. But we should give respect to the Ethiopian national team. For them to get to this stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, then they deserve not only a pat on the back but respect. But as African Champions, I believe the Super Eagles need this qualifier more than Ethiopia and that is the reason why we are giving our all to ensure we book the ticket for Brazil.
“The match in Addis Ababa will be 50-50 since the two teams will play together on that pitch. So the issue of bad pitch, bad weather should not be any excuses. So we have to play there and get the result that will suit our World Cup qualification,” he said.
Ideye also revealed that the main factor that has been giving the Eagles results so far is the bonding of the team. “The main ingredients that have bonded us together as a team in the Eagles are love and support. I believe that we support each other on and off the field of play, either the players on the field and the ones on the bench, we support each other. During difficult times we tried to encourage each other,” he disclosed.
The Ukraine-based forward however rues lack of scoring goals for club and country but adding that is also part of the game.
“I feel terrible, every striker wants to score, and every striker wants to win. Sometimes you hit the target and sometimes you fail to hit target, it does not make you a bad player. You just have to keep on working very hard. Though, it affects you when you miss such good chances but you have to push it aside and move on because even in the same game you can still score, so you have to push such thing behind you,” he told SportingLife in Abuja yesterday.
Super Eagles and FC Dynamo KYIV OF Ukraine striker, Brown Ideye has told his teammates to show respect to their opponent, the Walyas Antelopes of Ethiopia when the two countries slug it together in Addis Ababa on Sunday for the 2014 World Cup ticket in the all important first leg, play-off match.
Ideye, who is optimistic that his team would beat the host team like they did the last time during the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, offered that the Ethiopian national team has really matured and improved compared with the last time the two teams met and now that Nigeria would be playing them on their home ground, the Eagles must treat them with respect and go for the kill.
“Every good team wants to win and the Super Eagles is a good team. But we should give respect to the Ethiopian national team. For them to get to this stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, then they deserve not only a pat on the back but respect. But as African Champions, I believe the Super Eagles need this qualifier more than Ethiopia and that is the reason why we are giving our all to ensure we book the ticket for Brazil.
“The match in Addis Ababa will be 50-50 since the two teams will play together on that pitch. So the issue of bad pitch, bad weather should not be any excuses. So we have to play there and get the result that will suit our World Cup qualification,” he said.
Ideye also revealed that the main factor that has been giving the Eagles results so far is the bonding of the team. “The main ingredients that have bonded us together as a team in the Eagles are love and support. I believe that we support each other on and off the field of play, either the players on the field and the ones on the bench, we support each other. During difficult times we tried to encourage each other,” he disclosed.
The Ukraine-based forward however rues lack of scoring goals for club and country but adding that is also part of the game.
“I feel terrible, every striker wants to score, and every striker wants to win. Sometimes you hit the target and sometimes you fail to hit target, it does not make you a bad player. You just have to keep on working very hard. Though, it affects you when you miss such good chances but you have to push it aside and move on because even in the same game you can still score, so you have to push such thing behind you,” he told SportingLife in Abuja yesterday.
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