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Clemens Westerhof dreams of Nigeria lifting the world cup!

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10 years ago

April 3, 2014

The man who turned Nigeria’s football around
spoke of his dreams yesterday in a telephone chat.
“I sleep and in the middle of the night I wake up. They ask me what
is the matter and I said I have just dreamt of Nigeria doing well in the
World Cup in Brazil.”
Clemens Westerhof
Stephen Keshi, the Eagles coach was captain of Nigeria when
Westerhof was the manager. Nigeria placed 5th in the FIFA
ranking after USA ’94 World Cup which followed the Nations Cup
victory in Tunisia. A television house is doing a documentary on what
transformed Nigeria’s football and has invited Westerhof to Nigeria
this April to speak on how he did it. Interestingly, May 3 is
Westerhof’s birthday and he will be in Nigeria to celebrate it.
“Westerhof could make you play like Pele,” Keshi said of the Dutch
in his media chat last week.
The Dutch was known for inspiring players and high discipline. And
these virtues, he said, Keshi must imbibe in the current team for them
to excel in Brazil.
Westerhof commended Keshi, advised on selection and said “Nigeria
can be among the last four in the World Cup and the time for this is
now. I dream that this is Nigeria’s time and I want Keshi to make
the team a family so that they can play for each other on and off the
field, make discipline high so that nobody loses his head, make good
preparation and select well. If it goes like this, Nigeria will be among
the last four, I tell you.”