{"id":438784,"date":"2011-06-09T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T13:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T13:07:09","slug":"eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Have Themselves to Beat &#8211; Ladipo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38.9698615259\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ajom and Chioma Aniegboka<\/p>\n<p>9 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>In the aftermath of Super Eagles 2-2 draw with Ethiopia in last Sunday&#8217;s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Addis Ababa, Nigerians have been doing a lot of permutations on a possible escape route for the Samson Siasia tutored team.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Worldwide, Dr Rafiu Ladipo says the only key to Eagles qualification for the continental showpiece is a change of attitude by the players towards the last two qualifiers against Madagascar in Antananarivo and Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Super Eagles have themselves to beat because their destiny is in their own hands,&#8221; Ladipo who was in Addis Ababa said in his office Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ladipo recalled that Super Eagles approach to the Ethiopia match was wrong. He believes the Nigerian team underrated their hosts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a matter of fact we went to Ethiopia with the belief that we were going to run over them. Unfortunately, we ended up with a draw. Our players made a big mistake by underrating the Ethiopians. It would have been worse if we lost that match because that would have put paid to Nigeria&#8217;s Nations Cup ambition,&#8221; Ladipo said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that before the arrival of the Eagles in Addis Ababa, news was everywhere about the availability of Nigerian stars like Mikel Obi, Taye Taiwo among others. &#8220;It got into their heads and felt the Ethiopians would be a walk over,&#8221; recalled the number Nigerian football supporter, adding that, &#8220;on the pitch they carried that impression and played below par. That is why I will not subscribe to the notion that they were affected by the altitude.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the PG, as he is fondly called believes the Nigerian team still have a chance of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations. &#8220;We still have a good chance if we go to Madagascar and win and wait for Guinea to come for the final match. We have a good chance,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106090918.html\" title=\"Eagles Have Themselves to Beat - Ladipo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eagles Have Themselves to Beat &#8211; Ladipo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jacob Ajom and Chioma Aniegboka 9 June 2011 In the aftermath of Super Eagles 2-2 draw with Ethiopia in last Sunday&#8217;s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Addis Ababa, Nigerians have been doing a lot of permutations on a possible escape route for the Samson Siasia tutored team. <\/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-438784","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>Eagles Have Themselves to Beat - Ladipo - 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\/06\/09\/eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Eagles Have Themselves to Beat - Ladipo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Jacob Ajom and Chioma Aniegboka 9 June 2011 In the aftermath of Super Eagles 2-2 draw with Ethiopia in last Sunday&#039;s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Addis Ababa, Nigerians have been doing a lot of permutations on a possible escape route for the Samson Siasia tutored team.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/eagles-have-themselves-to-beat-ladipo\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Eagles Have Themselves to Beat &#8211; 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