Chievo Verona of Italy Nigerian striker Obinna Nsofor is confident that the
Nigerian Olympic Soccer team can grab gold for the second time when they
face the Argentinean team in the final of the competition.

Speaking with FIFA.com, the 23 year old player stated that Dream Team IV was
capable of defeating the Albiceleste on Saturday even though both sides
deserved to have reached the finals.

“I believe that it’s our destiny to win the gold. Both teams deserve to be
in the final, but I think we will be the ones who end up as the champions.”
he told FIFA’s official website.

“We’re really confident, but we’ll just have to wait and see, because
Argentina have the likes of Messi, Aguero, Riquelme and Mascherano in their
squad and they will give us a hard match,”

“But it’s not going to be easy for them. We have some great individual
players and the coach has moulded us into a team. We’re working hard for one
another and we’re getting to be more compact in our defence.” he continued

“We have only conceded three goals during this tournament, and I think we’re
getting better as a team with each game that we play. For me, our best
performance was against Belgium, and our second-best performance was against
Côte d’Ivoire in the quarter-finals. But we want to be at our peak for the
final match, and I believe that we will be.”

Nsofor also pointed out the growth that has occurred in the team right from
first game to their semi-final encounter against Belgium would propel the
team to victory in the finals.

“It’s a sweet feeling, it’s an unbelievable feeling,” he said

“To know that the hard work before and during the competition has taken us
to the final and a shot at the gold is incredible.

“To see the improvements we’ve made since our performance in our first game
is absolutely wonderful - we have really grown as a team during this
tournament, and now we’re going to Beijing. Reaching the final was one of
our objectives when we got here - and now we have to make sure we win the
gold.”

Nsofor also stated that the Nigerian team was going all out for revenge
after losing to the Argentines in the 2005 WYC finals in Holland, where
Lionel Messi double sunk the Nigerian side.

Awenlimobor Sylvester

Tags: Dream Team IV, Messi, Nsofor, Olympics football

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