Super Eagles defender Elderson Echiejile has warned that Nigeria should not expect an easy 2014 World Cup draw on Friday.
The 32 World Cup finalists will know their first round opponents at the draw in Brazil from 4pm Nigerian time on Friday and Sporting Braga star Elderson said Nigeria are most likely to get a tough group because of the quality of teams going to Brazil 2014.
“We should not expect the best draw because there are a lot of great teams going to the World Cup, we would just wait to see what happens on Friday,” Echejile told MTNFootball.com.
“Whatever team we would be paired against in the draw would be a difficult team because they all went through the qualifiers before getting there, so they would be tough to play against.”
However, Elderson maintained that as African champions the Super Eagles will be in Brazil to compete and not to complete the numbers. “As African champions, I can confidently say we have a good team right now.
We have more confidence as a team and that is what I think is going for us right now and that would really help us at the World Cup,” reasoned the leftback, who made his World Cup debut in South Africa three years ago.
Nigeria last went past the group stage in 1998, but the Portugal-based star said he expects the Eagles to make an impact in Brazil. “You know football is not predictable. And you know in football a lot of changes come in. But personally, I believe so much in this team to shock the world in Brazil.
The 32 World Cup finalists will know their first round opponents at the draw in Brazil from 4pm Nigerian time on Friday and Sporting Braga star Elderson said Nigeria are most likely to get a tough group because of the quality of teams going to Brazil 2014.
“We should not expect the best draw because there are a lot of great teams going to the World Cup, we would just wait to see what happens on Friday,” Echejile told MTNFootball.com.
“Whatever team we would be paired against in the draw would be a difficult team because they all went through the qualifiers before getting there, so they would be tough to play against.”
However, Elderson maintained that as African champions the Super Eagles will be in Brazil to compete and not to complete the numbers. “As African champions, I can confidently say we have a good team right now.
We have more confidence as a team and that is what I think is going for us right now and that would really help us at the World Cup,” reasoned the leftback, who made his World Cup debut in South Africa three years ago.
Nigeria last went past the group stage in 1998, but the Portugal-based star said he expects the Eagles to make an impact in Brazil. “You know football is not predictable. And you know in football a lot of changes come in. But personally, I believe so much in this team to shock the world in Brazil.
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