Flying Eagles defeat is a wake-up call – Sanusi

Hehehe...okooo.. we are waiting ooo...General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, has described the Flying Eagles loss to Brazil as a wake-up call.
Manu Garba’s boys were beaten 4-2 in their opening game of the World Cup, but Sanusi insisted that they went toe-to-toe with their South American counterparts, until they lost focus in the second half.

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“I am sad, but not disappointed. I know that the team gave its all and that they have learnt their lessons and will approach the remaining matches with even more seriousness. Football is like that,” he said in Abuja on Monday.
“I have no fears about how far the Flying Eagles can go in the tournament. If you may recall, at the last African Youth Championship in Senegal, the host nation lost their opening match of the competition, to our Flying Eagles, and eventually reached the final to play the same Flying Eagles. So, losing your first match in a tournament does not mean you are already down and out.”
Sanusi also called on football fans in the country not to give up on the boys, as they face North Korea on Thursday and against Hungary few days later.
He said: “All that the boys need is to fully concentrate and believe in their ability. The defeat by Brazil was their first loss in a competitive match since they came together as a team.
“The downfall of a man is not the end of his life. They need to pick themselves up, focus hard on the tournament, rework their strategies and with the prayers of all Nigerians, they will get it right”.
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