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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Stephen Keshi says: Bosnia-Herzegovina will suit Nigeria

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi claimed Bosnia-Herzegovina's attacking mentality could suit his players when the two teams clash in Cuiaba.https:
The Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba will see the flight of the Eagles and the breath of fire from the Dragons as two  Group F teams match fire powers in a bid to seal a possible place in the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Europeans Bosnia, debutant in their first ever FIFA World Cup, lost 2-1 to Group F favourites Argentina which has placed them in a dire situation for qualification as they will play African Champions Nigeria, who failed to take the advantage for a win over Iran, in Cuiaba.


The two are after a win which would place them in better position for the round of 8

Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi is confident that the over zealous nature of the Bosnians to attack will put them in trouble, and that as the 52 year old put it, 'çould suit Nigeria.' 

Keshi hinted that a negative defensive play from Iran caused the Nigerian side a dull game. 

"The goals were not coming (against Iran), and we had a lot of anxiety, which is part of the game," the 52-year-old said at his press conference on Friday.

"This is why we could not maintain our style of play and were trying to force the game in an attempt just to win.

Nigeria has never won any World Cup game since they defeated Spain in France 1998: The team only managed 1 point and 1 goal in Korea/Japan 2002, missed out to Angola on the last qualifier day for Germany 2006, ended up loosing two games and drawing one in South Africa 2010.

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