In preparing for Wednesday’s game, Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi, his assistants, Dan Amokachi, Hyauondonou Valere and Ike Shorunmu on Monday evening took the team through a rigorous training session that was adjudged needful by most of the players.
Assistant Captain, Vincent Enyeama, said the team needs such a regime because some of the players have been off action for up to a week and need reawakening.
“You don’t play the World Cup every year and time,” he said of the session that lasted from 7:10 to 9:20pm.
Central defender, Azubuike Egwuekwe, says the World Cup has effectively started for him.
“My brother the training was tough and good,” he said of the event that was held at the Fulham training ground under very chilly conditions with temperature reading 13 degrees Celsius and the rain drizzling throughout the duration of the training.
All the players seemed determined to convince the coach that they were ready for Brazil, but home-based winger, Ejike Uzoenyi, was the star of the session.
Ramon Azeez, Michael Uchebo and Victor Moses also put in some scintillating displays, just as the regulars did not fail to impress with skipper Joseph Yobo showing that he was still the commander in the defence line.
Speaking after the session, Keshi said the players needed such a session to re-energise them and get them ready for the task of playing against the best in the world at Brazil 2014.
He said the World Cup was neither for kids nor a tea party, adding that he would select only the fittest players for the Mundial Coupe.
Nnamdi Oduamadi, who missed the first training session arrived camp after lunchtime and said he regretted the visa mix-up that led to his late arrival to camp.
The other member of the squad yet to make it to London, Sunday Mba, was expected to arrive last night.
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