Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says his team are 'almost
ready' for their World Cup opening game against Iran.
Keshi's Super Eagles open their campaign against Asia's
top-ranked team, but the Nigeria coach says his team are still a little way
off.
"I will say we are almost where we want to be,"
he told KickOffNigeria.com.
"The passing is coming the way we want it, and the
players are getting things right the way we want.
"By the time the match comes around, we should be
ready."
The Super Eagles found goal scoring hard in their build
up games, and Keshi admitted that it was a concern.
"Yeah, that's something we have to work on,"
Keshi conceded. "We have been doing a lot of work around that and I hope
that by the time our games come around, the players will do what they have to
do."
One area where the coach was pleased was the return to
fitness of all his players, although he did express some sadness over the loss
of Elderson Echiejile.
Kenneth Omeruo, Ahmed Musa and Juwon Oshaniwa are all
fully recovered from slight knocks.
"Yes I am happy (that we have all our players fit
again. But I am also not a little bit happy because Elderson Echiejile is not
here. He was one of our best players.
"But Juwon is stepping up and the other players are
helping him so we should be well covered."
The team leave for Curitiba on Saturday morning.
Culled from Kickoffnigeria
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