{"id":6798,"date":"2013-07-20T04:26:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T04:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/stop-complaining-if-i-dont-call\/"},"modified":"2013-07-20T04:26:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T04:26:57","slug":"stop-complaining-if-i-dont-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/stop-complaining-if-i-dont-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop complaining if I don\u2019t call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi has urged his players to show patriotism while featuring for the country.<\/p>\n

Keshi said it was unconventional for coaches to inform players before they are dropped from the national team and that a call to serve the country was a rare privilege that should be embraced.<\/p>\n

The Big Boss said: “It is only in Nigeria that you hear a player complaining that he was not informed before he was dropped from the national team.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of us played for the national teams, nobody gives you an excuse why you are not being called.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the captain of the Super Eagles in 1991 when we played Burkina Faso in Lagos. I came all the way from Belgium only to be told by our coach that my name was not among those invited.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no option than to stay away from the team. When you decide to call a player, it is only out of respect. It is not that you are obliged to do that”.<\/p>\n

The former New Nigeria Bank of Benin captain advised players to show more commitment to national duties, instead of holding the nation to ransom at the slightest chance.<\/p>\n

SportingLife recalls that Nigerians condemned the refusal of the Super Eagles to proceed to Brazil for the Confederations Cup over match bonus differences, after their World Cup qualifier against Namibia.<\/p>\n

It took the intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan before the players decided agreed to board a plane to Brazil, where they lost two matches against Uruguay and Spain, after beating a less-fancied Tahiti.<\/p>\n

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