"Blaming Anybody Now Won’t Help Anybody" - Vincent Enyeama

In an exclusive interview with the goalkeeper of the Super Eagle of Nigeria Vincent Enyeama -  this is what he has to about their barren performance .... 

Nigerians are disappointed with the team following the outcome of the game against Iran. What do you have to say about this?

I am disappointed…we are all deeply disappointed I will tell you sincerely. Let me not say we were not good but the best way to say it is that we were not very effective; we were not as effective as we would have loved to be. But this is football and that ends it as we move on looking forward to the next game against Bosnia.

Many people believe the Eagles will find it difficult against Bosnia, who are better than Iran regarded as the weakest team in Group F.

No, nobody is weak, no team is bad. At least you could see they defended very well even though we could have done better. I really tell you the truth we are looking forward and ready for the next game.

Are you saying Nigerians can still count on the Eagles?

Are you suggesting we are on our way out? No, we still have two games at hand; two open game we have to play…

But does the result against Iran not put us under any pressure facing Bosnia?

Why the pressure? Even if we had won it would be just three points and we would need more than that to qualify for the next round. We need to beat Bosnia or take a point from them to think of qualifying.

Wouldn’t it have been a lot easier taking on Bosnia with three points in the bag?

For me, it is the same thing. We are going back to the drawing board so to say and examine what we did wrong and do right next time.

Your message to Nigerians on the game against Bosnia

What I say to Nigerians is to pray for us. This is football. I mean what else can I say to convince them? Let them just pray for the team, be patient with us and support us in every way possible. They should stay together for the team. It is not really a time to apportion blames or criticise people. Blaming anybody now won’t help anybody. This is really the time to stay together and back the team and then we as players will look at ourselves to see where we got it wrong. But we really need the support of the fans now more ever.

You had a good save against Iran. What was running through your mind afterwards?

I tell you I would trade that save for victory.

But that save kept Nigeria in the game…

I tell it would have been better to trade for victory and enjoy peace of mind with Nigerians. I know that’s what Nigerians would have loved. We will make up to them.