Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has expressed his delight over his side’s
1-0 defeat of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday night at the ongoing 2014 Fifa
World Cup in Brazil.
Peter Odemwingie’s 29th minute strike was all the African champions
needed to record their first victory in the competition after 16 years and also
inch nearer the last 16 as well as knocking out their highly rated European
opponents.
The striker slotted past Stoke City team-mate Asmir Begovic at the
Arena Pantanal, although Bosnia were unfortunate not to have led eight minutes
earlier when an Edin Dzeko goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside.
“I am happy that we won the game and the boys showed a little bit of
character,” Keshi said after the game.
He also admitted to the fact that he was panicky during the course of
the game as his men failed to increase their lead while claiming that his side
is making a steady progress in the tourney.
“Well, that is football. You can never have a smooth ride because you
always have something on the way but the good thing is that we won and everyone
is happy.
“In summary, I will say we are getting better at every game.”
Nigeria will face Argentina that have already secured a second round
place in the last group game on Wednesday at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto
Alegre.
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