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The Super Eagles say Tuesday’s crunch FIFA World Cup Group B clash with Korea Republic in Durban is unarguably the match of their lives. “We can’t lose, we must not lose”, said Captain Nwankwo Kanu as the team concluded its last training ahead of the big match.

Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni is under no illusions about the size of the task his side face when they take on South Korea on Tuesday.  The Super Eagles know that only a win in Durban will give them any chance of progressing to the last 16. 

Nigeria will have their final training session and press conference before Tuesday’s match against South Korea at the Umhlathuze Sporting Complex in Richards Bay. The decision follows a directive from the LOC that, in order to protect the pitch, neither team would be allowed to practise at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Journalists turned tourists at the ongoing World Cup in South Africa, have reached a consensus on one thing and that is the fact that this mundial might not be the best organized, but it certainly can go for the prize of the Most Expensive World Cup ever.

A number of States FA officials invited to South Africa by the NFF have been returning to Nigeria after the Super Eagles second game against Greece. All the tickets provided by the NFF for the officials have return dates no earlier than June 23,

The Super Eagles had their first closed training session at the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Sunday afternoon at the desire of Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback.

Nigeria’s representative at the Confederation of African Football and FIFA, Dr Amos Adamu has described rumour linking him to NFF’s President, Alhaji Sani Lulu-Abdullahi’s second term dream as cheap blackmail.

Super Eagles have the ability to achieve victory over Korea Republic on Tuesday night once they have self –belief, so says Tunde Adelakun, the UK –based Consultant of the Nigeria Football Federation.

Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has described the Nigerian World Cup squad as a bunch of uncommitted players. He wonders why the team could place personal interest at the expense of the collective national interest.

Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama’s performances at the 2010 World Cup have earned him praise from TomTom, the official candy of Nigeria’s national teams that has already awarded the senior team $5,000 for five shots on target in two South Africa 2010 matches.