World Cup 2014: Amokachi tips Eagles to go far in Brazil
Former Super Eagles striker and presently assistant
coach, Daniel Amokachi believes the team to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will surpass previous Nigerian performances at the
World Cup.
Amokachi who scored a famous goal against Greece at the 1994 World Cup in the USA, stated that there was more unity in the team now
than ever and this is a factor that will spur the Eagles to success in the
World Cup.
“That ego that has always been in the team has been
eradicated,” Amokachi told the BBC World Service.
“Everybody has love for one another and that’s
showing on the pitch. The unity in the team has been the key to our success in
the last year. We’re going to the World Cup to get something out of it.”
Amokachi is confident the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations champions, who will face Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran and in Group F, can go further than any Super
Eagles squad has been before in the tournament.
Nigeria have made it out of the group stage only
twice in their four appearances at the finals – losing in the next round on
both occasions – and Amokachi has urged the team to be more ambitious.
“As far as you are a coach or a team you go to a
tournament to win it,” added the former striker, who won 44 caps for Nigeria and spent two years at English club Everton.
“Nigeria are one of the underdogs but probably we’ll be one
of the dark horses along with the likes of Colombia and Belgium.
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