NIGERIA: My Eagles are not gamblers - Keshi
The Nigeria head coach has rubbished
allegations of match fixing as claimed
by United Kingdom’s crime agency
following a mistake from goalkeeper
Austin Ejide
Coach Stephen Keshi has refuted claims by
the National Crime Agency in the United
Kingdom that his players were involved in an
attempt to fix the international friendly
between the Super Eagles and Scotland’s
Tartan Terriers.
An error from goalkeeper Ejide was the
subject of contention after he spilled the ball
into his own net, only to see the goal ruled
out by referee Lee Probert for a foul by Grant
Hanley. There was also an own goal by
Azubuike Egwuekwe in the second half to add
fire up the accusations of match fixing.
Reacting after the game, the Super Eagles
gaffer showed his discontent with the
accusation saying his players are not
gamblers.
"We did talk about it because it's something
ridiculous, something that we don't know
where it's coming from,“ a disenchanted
Keshi told espnfc.com.
"We're not gamblers, we are football players.
I don't even know where that is coming from,
we don't know what happened, match-fixing
or no match-fixing.
"This is the first time I've been a coach or
been a player and the first time I'm hearing
this, match-fixing. I don't think it had
anything to do with our build-up or the
game,” he concluded.
Nigeria will face Greece and the United
States of America in pre-World Cup games
before heading to Brazil where they will be
facing Argentina , Iran and Bosnia-
Herzegovina in Group F of their fifth outing in
the global football shopwpiece.
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