The Nigeria Football Federation will remain focused and concentrate on preparations for the all important 2014 World Cup qualifier against Malawi despite the seeming distractions from its rival, the Football Association of Malawi.
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This was made known to Sunday Vanguard Sports by the first Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Mike Umeh. In a chat with our reporter yesterday, Chief Umeh said recent reports from Blantyre in respect of the Malawi national team "are all propaganda" and should not be taken seriously. "We don't want to lose concentration because of late, they have put up a lot of propaganda," Umeh said, pointing out that for a team that had been preparing for a World Cup qualifier for a long time to suddenly say they have no money to travel sounded like a big joke.
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"It shows you how determined they are to make us relax. But they will be disappointed because we will remain focused so that when they come we will beat them silly."
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The NFF chieftain said the Super Eagles players are eager to return to Brazil after the FIFA Confederations Cup misadventure.
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"Keshi has named a killer squad and the players are eager to return to Brazil because they have an unfinished business there which is the World Cup," Umeh said, expressing delight in the invitation of Holland based Uche Nwofor whose brace against Bafana Bafana gave Nigeria a 2-0 win over South Africa in the Mandela Challenge. "We expect him to re-enact the form he displayed in South Africa and pray that God give him the grace to do well. He was fantastic in that encounter."
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Umeh assured the Malawi delegation of the best in terms of hospitality. "We are number one in terms of hospitality," he said, pointing out that "when the Malawi delegation return to their country, they would know that they visited true African brothers."
The world cup is very important so we must be fully focused as we play the qualifiers. Let's just hope we win those crucial games...