" France will be facing Musa, Emenike" - Stephen Keshi

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Many out there in Brazil feel that the French national team have good players who can run down Nigeria when the two countries face each other in the second round of the World Cup on Monday.

Karim Benzema has been touted as the portent striker that would cause trouble for the Super Eagles who rattled Argentina before going down 3 -2.

Stephen Keshi was asked what he thought about the probability of Nigeria facing Karim Benzema. He replied quick as a flash: “And France will be facing Musa, Emenike … ”

There are reasons to be confident after a performance in which Eagles caused problems for Argentina and showed that on a good day, the African champions are as good as any of the teams to go all the way.

“All the teams are good. It doesn’t matter [who you face],” Keshi noted. “You have to appreciate that. It is only Nigeria that don’t appreciate that. Nigerians always think that every team we face we have to kill them 5-0, 10-0. It doesn’t work that way.”

See list of 2014 World Cup Players : Stephen Keshi Releases 30-Man Squad List

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The wait is finally over! National team head coach, Stephen Keshi has finally released his 30-man squad list for the forthcoming World Cup. Surprisingly, Osaze Odemwingie made the list (well, a source hinted few weeks ago that he would be considered), while Ike Uche was dropped. 

Meanwhile, all invited players are expected to report in camp on May 26. Nigeria will face Scotland in a friendly on 28 May at Houston, Texas; Greece and the United States in June 3 and June 7 respectively. The final 23-man players list for Brazil 2014 will be compiled on 2nd June, 2014.

No room for fresh faces -Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi

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Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has shut out any surprises in the expected list of  players to be invited for the team’s pre-World Cup camp. He has categorically said that there is no room for fresh legs in the Super Eagles as he will rest his faith in the squad he has been building in the past two years.

Speaking in Abuja, Keshi said that it would be needless to tear an already established team apart by including fresh faces, just for the purpose of satisfying the yearnings of ‘some people’.

“We have been trying to build a team since the past two years when I came on board, so I don’t see any reason why we have to tear the team apart by looking for newer faces to make some people satisfied,” Keshi said.