'We stopped Ivory Coast from playing' - Mikel

[Shola Sholaz]

Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel has praised his side's 2-1 victory against Cote d'Ivoire in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.
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Sunday Mba scored the winning goal after Cheik Tiote had cancelled Emmanuel Emenike's first-half opener.
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'' We're very happy with our achievements '', Mikel said after the game. '' A big congratulations to Ivory Coast for their achievement so far in the tournament but today we knew that they're a good team so if we were able to work together and play for each other on the pitch, then we could stop them ''.
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'' And that's exactly what we've done today ''.
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Having defeated the pre-tournament favourites, Mikel was asked if Super Eagles now have the confidence to reach the final of the tournament for the first time since 2000.
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'' We still have a semi-final to play. We have to keep taking each game one at a time and hopefully if we manage to play well like we did today, we will be very pleased with ourselves '', he concluded.

[Folami David]

There is no lie in that. That is the whole truth. They overplayed the ivorians till they became confused