CHELSEA'S MIKEL TARGETS WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION WITH NIGERIA.
CHELSEA'S MIKEL TARGETS WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION WITH NIGERIA.
The Super Eagles captain has
outlined his desire to qualify for
the World Cup after leading the
Dream Team VI to bronze at the
Olympics
Fresh from winning the bronze medal
in the men's football event of the Rio
2016 Olympics, John Mikel Obi has
set his sights on qualifying for
the FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia with
Nigeria.
Nigeria's U-23 side Dream Team VI
won bronze in Brazil with a 3-2
victory over Honduras Obi hopes he
can lead the Super Eagles to Russia.
“Nigeria is a massive country and a
footballing country as well, so where
we are now in terms of football is not
where we want to be,” Mikel told
Newsweek .
“Let’s hope this [the bronze medal]
can motivate the national team.
"Now we have the World Cup
qualifiers coming up, we have to be
ready for that.
"We have to make sure we prepare
well and qualify for the World Cup.”
Nigeria, who recently appointed
German Gernot Rohr as technical
adviser are drawn in Group B of
World Cup qualifying with Algeria,
Cameroon and Zambia.
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