Following the qualification of the Flying Eagles of Nigeria for the quarter-finals of the ongoing Under 20 World Cup, former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Idah
Peterside warned that the Flying Eagles shouldn’t underrate the Koreans, recalling how the senior national team the Super Eagles underrated the Koreans in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and paid for it with a loss.
“I was the media officer to the Super Eagles in South Africa 2010, we have played all our games and I think we needed a draw against the same Korean side to be able to progress to the next round and we were all saying ‘we go finish them, we go kill them’ which affected us and we did not win that game.”
He also recalled how different people entering the dressing room to make monetary promises to the players ruined the chances of the team progressing to the next round and feared the same may be the case with the Flying Eagles team in Argentina.“I know Adenuga at that time had come to the dressing room, he addressed the team and promised us one million dollars if we beat Korea which is what is going to happen to this team and I have always said, leave these players alone.
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