Nigeria’s failure to qualify for Germany 2006 and a knee injury that forced him out of the South Africa edition four years ago mean the Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has never previously appeared in the world’s biggest football tournament.
However, he is one of the senior players in a Nigeria side aiming to make a splash in Brazil having been drawn alongside Argentina, Bosnia-Aand Iran in Group F.
“This is my first World Cup,” he said. “I want to make sure we achieve something coming here. We don’t just want to come and make up the numbers; we want to do well.
“I have to make sure I lead by example. We are all driving in the same direction. We all know what we want and hopefully we will have a good tournament.”
While Mikel is set for his first taste of the showpiece, he is no stranger to big international tournaments having been part of the Nigeria side that won last year’s African Cup of Nations.
Mikel said: ‘’We know we’re the African champions and people expect us to do well, to represent the African continent.
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Mikel i believe is out to prove to the whole world dat we can make it to the final
pls evry body kno dat u guys are big boys bt u guys should try a play well for HONOUR
Be confident; ignore the so-called big names/teams; emulate the Golden Eaglets.
By his grace it is well with super eagles of Nigeria in this world cup
with determination, i believe eagle’s can go far in this world cup by the grace of God.
Am a Ghanaian and i love the super-eagles as my mother country but we have to make it these time . i know we will win these game and we will also win against the Bosnia side and draw against Argentina to get the seven point GO EAGLES
Mike is a good player like other Nigerians players but they all lack stamina. They all need to work on that. If you have it up there in your mind and brain and if the body does not support what you have, you cannot perform.
They all need to work on stamina not only for this world cup but their soccer career.