Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has expressed his delight over his side’s 1-0 defeat of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday night at the ongoing 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil
Peter Odemwingie’s 29th minute strike was all the African champions needed to record their first victory in the competition after 16 years and also inch nearer the last 16 as well as knocking out their highly rated European opponents.
The striker slotted past Stoke City team-mate Asmir Begovic at the Arena Pantanal, although Bosnia were unfortunate not to have led eight minutes earlier when an Edin Dzeko goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside.
“I am happy that we won the game and the boys showed a little bit of character,” Keshi said after the game.
He also admitted to the fact that he was panicky during the course of the game as his men failed to increase their lead while claiming that his side is making a steady progress in the tourney.
“Well, that is football. You can never have a smooth ride because you always have something on the way but the good thing is that we won and everyone is happy.
“In summary, I will say we are getting better at every game.”
Nigeria will face Argentina that have already secured a second round place in the last group game on Wednesday at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre.
