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How dressing room fight propelled Eagles to win AFCON 2013 trophy – Onazi

Ogenyi Onazi has revealed how a breakout in the dressing room propelled the Super Eagles players to go all out for the 2013 AFCON trophy in South Africa.

The combative midfielder tagged the success as one of the most memorable moments and the high points of his successful football career.

An elated Onazi who is still relishing the moment told brila.net that winning the title didn’t come without a price as the fight broke out in the dressing following the failure of the team to win the opening two matches against Zambia and Burkina Faso.

Onazi stressed further that it took the intervention of the late Stephen Keshi before normalcy returned to the dressing room.

“After we drew the first two matches, Nigerians were calling us to draw soup, but after these two games, we were fighting in the dressing room and there was a lot of blame game and noise .” He said.

“Coach Stephen was just looking at us, then after the altercations, he addressed the team and told us we can’t afford to win the next game.

“He then charged us to take the fight to the pitch and luckily we won the next game and moved to the next round,” Onazi told www.brila.net.

The Super Eagles defeated the Eagles of Mali and favorites Elephants before Burkina Faso to lift their third continental crown, however, Onazi who now plays for the Turkish side Denizlispor said Nigerians didn’t give the team a chance against Didier Drogba led Ivorians.

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“No one gave us a chance against Ivory Coast, because of how we struggled in the previous matches, but we won the game and then things became very open for the team.” He said.

After winning the tournament, the Super Eagles also reached the round of 16 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where they lost to France.

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