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Calabar - The Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, says his players are not under any pressure in their final Group F African qualifier for Brazil 2014 World Cup match in Calabar on Saturday. Keshi said this in Calabar on Wednesday at a media briefing on the team’s preparations for the crucial encounter. He said that the team and the coaching crew believed in hard work to get the maximum points. ''I have always believed in hard work. I do not believe in anything that is do or die. I am not under any pressure. We are only going to give our best on Saturday.'' The chief coach also said that the team had started training, adding that he was encouraged by the spirit of the players in training. He further said that the controversy over his comment on the Malawian coach was meant to defend Nigeria and the Super Eagles. [caption id="attachment_411481" align="alignnone" width="412"] Sainfeit and Keshi[/caption] ''I was defending my cou...

Christian Chukwu, a former Super Eagles Coach, has urged the home-based Eagles and their handlers not to lose focus as they face Cote d’Ivoire in the return leg of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier in Abidjan. The Eagles on July 6 in Kaduna thumped their Ivorian counterparts 4-1 and as the preparations for the crucial tie billed for July 27 reached fever pitch, Chuwkwu who captained the Eagles to the 1980 win of the Nations Cup in Lagos, stated that the Ivorians will come back hard into  the game and the Eagles must have to prove that their victory was not a fluke. “It was an emphatic victory by the home-based Super Eagles over visiting Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the first match and I believe that they would do better in the return leg. “I knew the first leg match in Kaduna was a bonus for us, but I never expected a wide goals margin. The result of the first leg marveled me. [caption id="attachment_404858" align="alignnone" width="412"] ...

Super Eagles boss, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has demanded total concentration from his players ahead of the final leg CHAN qualifier against Cote D’Ivoire in Abdjan on July 27, noting that the match will be like war against the West African neigbhours. [caption id="attachment_368125" align="alignnone" width="412"] Coach Stephen Keshi has[/caption] Speaking before training commenced on Tuesday morning at the FIFA Goal Project site in Abuja, Keshi who started his foreign career in Cote D’ Ivoire, said the people are passionate about football and they will do anything to defeat Nigeria, hence the need to forget the 4-1 win in Kaduna and concentrate on the return leg. “The win in Kaduna is history and if you have been following the media you will see that they have been making remarks that they can also beat us well. We must be ready for their antics and forget the past”. The team is training at the Goal Project because the Ivorians had already informed CAF th...