Former Super Eagles' gaffer, Samson Siasia has saluted the Nigerian team for their impressive performance which saw them coming out victorious in their last two games.
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Nigeria, who are the current African champions defeated Malawi 2-0 last Saturday in Calabar, a victory which gave them the ticket to the final play offs for the 2014 world cup qualifiers.
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The Super Eagles then hammered their west African opponents, Burkina Faso 4-1 on Tuesday in the high- profile friendly game which was decided at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.
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"Super Eagles players were excellent in their last two games and I was excited with how they handed defeat to Malawi and Burkina Faso.
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"Malawi came to Nigeria with a lot of pressure aimed to distract the Eagles, but I was elated with how our Boys responded to them to Calabar,". Siasia told Okin FM.
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Nigeria have made it to the final play offs for the 2014 Fifa world cup qualifying games, and Siasia is optimistic that the Eagles would make it to Brazil.
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"I am unperturbed with the final play offs because the Eagles have the pedigree to face any foes and I'm sure they would make it to the 2014 world cup,". he stressed.
I think Stephen Keshi has really worked on the players that they've improved positively in recent years. Kudos to Keshi....