Ejike Uzoenyi : This Is The Greatest Comeback I Have Witnessed
Enugu Rangers winger Ejike Uzoenyi has admitted that the 4 - 3 win over Morocco on Saturday in the quarter - finals of the African Nations Championship was the greatest comeback he has witnessed as a professional footballer.<br /><br />The Super Eagles really looked dead and buried trailing by three goals at the end of the first half. <br /><br />But Ejike Uzoenyi, player of the tournament so far, leveled on the dot of 90 minutes to take the game to extra time before Aliyu Ibrahim scored what turned out to be the match winner nine minutes before the final whistle.<br /><br /><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“God made this victory possible for us and over 160 million Nigerians.<br /><br /></span></span><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“Even when we were 3 goals down, we never lost hope. This is the greatest comeback I have been involved in. It is so unbelievable.<br /><br /></span></span><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“I am happy I won the Man of the Match award again, but this victory should not be attributed to Ejike alone. </span></span><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">Thanks to my teammates for bringing out the best in me. <br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“We are prepared to meet any team in the semi - final. I don</span></span><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\"><span class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"body1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">’t have any preference,</span></span>” Ejike Uzoenyi told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b> moments after the final whistle in Cape Town.<br /><br />The Super Eagles will meet a yet to be determined opponent next Wednesday. January 29 at Free State Stadium, Mangaung.<br /><br />Photo Credit : fmsite.net<br />
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