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Stephen Keshi Comments on Draw Results, Fears Two Unknown Opponents
Super Eagles' coach, Stephen Keshi, will not be resting on his oars despiteNigeria's 'fair' draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cupin Brazil.Nigeria is drawn in Group F alongside Argentina, which boasts of four-time Ballon d'Or awards winner, Lionel Messi, and, probably, one of the world's deadliest attackers in the history of modern football, as well as Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina.Stephen Keshi knows Argentines rather well. For both countries, the group stage of the world's most prestigious football tournament is almost a romantic affair, having met at that phase in 1994, 2002 and 2010.Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran, according to the tactician, poise more threat because of their relative unknown status. The two countries finished top of their respective groups during the qualifiers."Argentina versus Nigeria is something that is becoming a recurring decimal."We keep playing against them at every World Cup. It's good. We will see how it goes this time."Not knowing Bosnia is a difficult thing but they are a good side. I thinkI've seen them once or twice on television. Iran? I've never seen them. For them to be here means they are a good team," Stephen Keshi said after the draw in Brazil onDecember 6, 2013, Friday.The schedule of the Eagles' games:16 June 2014Iran v Nigeria, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba21 June 2014Nigeria v Bosnia-Herzegovina, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba25 June 2014Nigeria v Argentina, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre.It would be recalled that the Super Eagles have never passed beyond LAST 16 of a World Cup.
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