9th November, 2012
Levante of Spain and returnee Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins has promised to score more goals for the national team to celebrate his return.
The former Rubin Kazan of Russia striker is among the 11 foreign-based players invited by Coach Stephen Keshi for the 14 November friendly between the Super Eagles and the Vino Tinto of Venezuela slated for Miami, Florida in United States of America, USA.
The former Inter Milan of Italy striker expressed joy over his return to the team after a long absence stating that he is ready to justify his re-invitation to the team by scoring vital goals to help the Eagles soar under Keshi.
According to the former Newcastle of England player, “It is good to be back into the national team after a longtime, I want to thank the technical crew for giving me the opportunity to play for the national team and I want to assure that I won’t disappoint”.
On his expectation at the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup he expressed strong confidence in the Eagles to go all the way to lifting the coveted trophy saying “We will shock Zambia, and other teams.”
they won the last Nations Cup, but Nigeria weren’t there. For Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, we shouldn’t underrate them at all. But I know Eagles will soon rule African football under Keshi.”
On his stay in the Russian league and the reason he had to move to Levante, Martins said: “It was hectic playing in Kazan, Russia. I didn’t enjoy my playing time at the club due to some problems. The coach played me in a wrong role, but everyone can see now that if you give me a starting role in the right position I will score.”
—Adebobola Alawode