Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned to the coun­try yesterday morning after the shock 0-1 loss to host Sudan in a crucial Nations Cup qualifier in Khartoum, to a cold reception from Nigerians, which was ex­pected, going by the pas­sion Nigerians have for the game.
An obviously disturbed team’s skipper, Vincent Enyeama, later took time off to assess the situation and agreed that despite the fact that all hopes were not lost in the battle for qualification, Nigeri­ans deserved a better deal from the team.
Enyeama, appealed to Nigerians not to lose faith in the team. “We didn’t go out there to lose to Sudan but it has happened and that is now history and I apologise on behalf of my team­mates for that, but we must quickly forgive and forget because we have a game on Wednesday and if we win that and our last two games, we will still be in Morocco,” he said confidently.
He said he had already spoken to his teammates and they had resolved that there would be no com­promise in the battle for the nine points remaining in the next three games. “Let Nigerians forgive us and also pray for us to win our remaining games,” he declared.

Enyeama begs Nigerians