We played like champions —Amokachi, Musa

Daniel Amokachi

Assistant coach Daniel Amokachi and  forward Ahmed Musa are delighted  with the Super Eagles for showing stuff of champions in their 2-1 defeat of Ethiopia’s Walya Antelopes in their 2014 World Cup playoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday.

Nigeria  rallied to beat the North East Africans after goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama misjudged a cross from Behailu Assefa to give the hosts a surprise lead in the 57th minute. But Turkey-based Emmanuel Emenike rifled home in the 67th minute and converted from the spot in the dying minutes to shoot Nigeria closer to Brazil 2014.

“We came out in full force after the pressure in the first 45 minutes gave us a little bit of scare. In the second half we showed we are African champions after going down one goal and scoring two in less than 20 minutes,” Amokachi was quoted by supersport.com  as saying after the clash.

“But it’s not over yet. We still have 90 more minutes to play in Nigeria and then we can celebrate some more,”

Musa said, “The game was a very tough and hard one. The Ethiopia played well, but we are more exposed and experienced than them, that won the match for us. We showed them that we are the Africa champions.”