The Super Eagles finally proved their skeptics wrong when they defeated the pre-tournament favorites (Ivory Coast) out of the current African cup of Nations. Just like Naijaman stated before,Coach Stephen Keshi decided to give home based players a chance unlike all his predecessors. In the heart of Nigerian defence is Sunshine stars skipper Godfrey Oboabona who is rookie in the Super Eagles. The tall defender's work rate at the Nigerian defence has been a heart warming experience. Granted his ability to read the game and ball passing ability still need to be improved upon,the bottomline is that by giving him a chance,Coach Keshi has shown that he means well for the future development of the game in Nigeria unlike the foreign coaches who never bothered to watch our local leagues to discover new talents. Rather they will reside in Europe and only show up to Nigerian with foreign based players with questionable loyalty to the national team cause whenever the national team is about to have a game. In all Godfrey is a raw diamond and there are many like him in the local league waiting to be given an opportunity to showcase their talent.Giving that central defenders get better as they play more games,i hope to see him as a constant feature at the heart of Super Eagles defence for many years to come.
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