Head coach of Nigeria's Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi wants a performance of "greater intensity" when the African champions, take on South Americans, Uruguay in their second game at the Fifa Confederations Cup in Brazil.
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An Nnamdi Oduamadi hattrick powered Nigeria to a 6-1 win over Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) representatives, Tahiti on Monday but the ever- demanding Nigerian public have been requesting for more after the majority of the fans described the performance against the OFC champions as not good enough.
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Keshi admitted that Monday's display was not one out of the top drawer and is demanding a better showing from his wards against La Celeste on Thursday.
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"The performance against Tahiti (on Monday) was not as good as the performance we had against Mexico in Houston (a friendly game that ended in a 2-2 draw). Maybe they were thinking Tahiti is not too strong. We have to work on that against Uruguay as we hope to play with greater intensity," Keshi said.
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Nigeria endured a chaotic build up to the tournament with the players initially refusing to travel to Brazil as they pressed home demands following disagreements with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over bonuses.
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The issues resulted in a delay of the team's arrival in Belo Horizonte where the game against Tahiti was played and Keshi revealed that it was a factor in the team's lackluster display against the Oceania champions.
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"The boys were very tired. We arrived in Belo Horizonte around 3am on the day before the Tahiti game. The boys did not have enough sleep.
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"Hopefully, they will be rested before they take on Uruguay on Thursday," he said.
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The Nigeria squad have since arrived in Salvador where Thursday's game against Uruguay will be played with the players seemingly pleased with their new surroundings.
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Left back, Elderson Echiejile took to the social networking site, twitter to voice his feelings.
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"Now in Salvador ahead of thursday's match vs Uruguay in confeds#ConfedCup2013 love our hotel, just by the sea," the SC Braga man tweeted via @ EldersonEch.
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Thursday's game kicks off at Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador by 11pm.
They must do everything humanly possible to win that Uruguay game cause Spain would be a hard nut to crack...