{"id":335245,"date":"2011-03-24T13:16:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T13:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/nigeriaethiopia-kanu-charges-eagles-against-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T13:16:58","slug":"nigeriaethiopia-kanu-charges-eagles-against-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/nigeriaethiopia-kanu-charges-eagles-against-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Kanu Charges Eagles Against Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.6575144509\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Solomon Nwoke<\/p>\n<p>23 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Super Eagles immediate past skipper, Nwankwo Kanu has cautioned his successors to play the Ethiopians in Sunday&#8217;s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers slated in Abuja as if they are in the World cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu said this while unfolding plans for his N5 billion Cardiac Specialist Hospital to be built in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My advise to the team is that they should see the match against the Walyas Antelopes of Ethiopia like when they are playing against Brazil or Argentina.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>They should be ready for the game. Let&#8217;s see the game as if we are playing World Cup final and that&#8217;s the way we are supposed to take every game.<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn&#8217;t write the Ethiopians off. Gone are the era of Nigeria beating a country in Africa by wide goal margin. I believe Eagles are better equipped to play their game and they are going to do so&#8221; , said the Portsmouth forward.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta &#8217;96 Olympic Games Soccer gold winning skipper urged Nigerians to be patient with the team coach Samson Siasia is putting together for the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103240712.html\" title=\"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Kanu Charges Eagles Against Ethiopia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Kanu Charges Eagles Against Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Solomon Nwoke 23 March 2011 Super Eagles immediate past skipper, Nwankwo Kanu has cautioned his successors to play the Ethiopians in Sunday&#8217;s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers slated in Abuja as if they are in the World cup finals. Kanu said this while unfolding plans for his N5 billion Cardiac Specialist Hospital to be built in Nigeria. &#8220;My advise to the team is that they should see the match against the Walyas Antelopes of Ethiopia like when they are playing against Brazil or Argentina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Kanu Charges Eagles Against Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/nigeriaethiopia-kanu-charges-eagles-against-ethiopia\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Kanu Charges Eagles Against Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Solomon Nwoke 23 March 2011 Super Eagles immediate past skipper, Nwankwo Kanu has cautioned his successors to play the Ethiopians in Sunday&#039;s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers slated in Abuja as if they are in the World cup finals. 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