We’re ready to extinguish the Flames - Oduamadi
Nigeria will be expected to beat “disrespectful” Malawi on Saturday to reach the final stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers next month. The African champions set the pace in Group F with nine points, followed by Malawi with seven points. Namibia are on five points, while Kenya are bottom of the standings on three points. Malawi therefore need to win to go ahead of Nigeria in the qualifiers, while the home team only need a draw to march on in their quest to feature at Brazil 2014. When both teams first met in the reverse fixture in June last year, Malawi forced a 1-1 draw in a dramatic final flourish in Blantyre. Malawi have launched a mind game in which they have demanded for a replacement of the referee and that the southern coastal town of Calabar was unsafe and not suitable to stage a match of this magnitude. The mind game has also seen FIFA demand an explanation from Nigeria over comments attributed to coach Stephen Keshi about their Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet, who incidentally ...