"I wanted to win the gold medal , but the fact that we did not play well today"
Nigeria U-23 captain John Obi Mikel said all the team’s effort will now be geared
towards beating Honduras to win the soccer event bronze medal on Saturday in
Belo Horizonte.
Captain Mikel Mikel who was speaking after the hard fought
semi-final match against Germany, said their target was to win the gold, but
the Germans proved to be the better side. “ . The Germans played well,” the
Chelsea midfielder said at the press conference on Wednesday. “We are
professionals, we can now claim third place and this is what we get . We want
to give a medal to Nigeria. “ Also speaking defender William Troost-Ekong, said
they will give everything to get all the honours in the third place match. “We
have picked ourselves up again and will fight to bring home bronze on
Saturday.”
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