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Quotes from Mali

AMODU: "Despite all that has been happening here, we in the Nigerian camp have always been calm, believing we belong to the higher ranks and today's performance has just confirmed how well we can be if we can rediscover our form and go far in this tournament. What is important now is how well we go back to the drawing board and improve upon the mistakes we have discovered at the preliminaries, because we are now going into the knock out stages".
AGHAHOWA: "I didn't do it alone, it was the collective effort of the whole team. I told my colleagues just before the game that if we hope to go into the next round, then we have to play for each other. So it was a collective effort. God gives goals and for Him not to give me goals in the second match, I cannot doubt His powers. So today He has given me the goals and we are moving forward. Every player wants to be an achiever and so I have come here hoping that at the end of the day, I'll be amongst the highest goals scorers". OKORONKWO: "The pitch in Bamako is very hard and it's hitting the ball too strongly so it's difficult to control the ball and you have to be very careful. With Taribo, I have no problem, we have been discussing and we understand ourselves". OLISEH: "I think today, we had a better super Eagles but not the first two games because today, we really had good ball possessions. It's just that we were not lucky to have scored early. You could have seen the fireworks. We have learnt that you don't dream of any game until you have won it, so let's keep our feet on the ground and go past the quarter-finals before thinking of the semis". LUIS CRAYTON (goal keeper): "Defeat is a very hard thing to accept, we are out of the competition and there is nothing we can do to reverse that. We want to wish our sister country Nigeria the best of luck and on our part, we just have to look forward to the next Nations Cup. It's true that this is Weah's last game for Liberia. He is out of the team and we all are going to miss him. He has been a great inspiration and I want to wish him all the best in the continuation of his life and career. Surely life must go on without him". JOKER WREAKER: "The Nigerian team has got a chance of going far but they must beware of Cameroon, Senegal and perhaps South Africa. I will give them 65 percent because of their performances so far. They need to work harder especially on their mobility". PRINCE DAYE: "Yes we gonna miss him, he his like a God father to us all but Weah is there yesterday, today and he is not there tomorrow, so someone else has got to take his place. Nigeria really has to work harder especially in the defence which is a little bit shaky".
WEAH: "My wish is not to become the president of Liberia, my wish is just to fill into the society. Putting into consideration all I have done for Liberia, I don’t need to be the president for the people to love me. The people already love me and because of my popularity, the government is against me and after my life. I don't want anybody to harm me. I am already a leader through sports and I don't need to be that through politics. I am not going to be anything for Liberia anymore. I am retired and this time it is for real. I have 2 years left on my contract with Aljazira and after that, I am going to become a businessman".
SIDE GISTS FROM THE GRAPEVINE: Celestine Babayaro missing in action due to illness. Oliseh changes hairstyle on wife's insistence. West and Celestine taken in for random drug test. Alhaji Mohammed Sanni, Nigerian ambassador to Mali, in stable condition after escaping alive following a road mishap on the

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