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Kanu will be watching tonight's game at Old Trafford
nervously from Lagos. He's spoken about the heartbreak of
knowing that he has to let the club down "I would love to
go and play for Arsenal against Manchester United but
Nigeria is my fatherland and I want to play for them also".
He could only watch and pray as Arsenal went out of the FA
Cup on penalties
to Leicester. "It was so difficult to take in what
happened", he says. If we lose tonight he'll have watched
us effectively go out of both domestic competitions.
We can only hope that he feels no guilt over it all, and
that it doesn't affect his form for Nigeria noqw, or for us when
he gets back (at least he'll return in time for the next
UEFA Cup games in March).
Nigeria won their first group match 4-1 over Tunisia. Kanu
didn't score but his presence helped create the space for
Jay Jay Okocho and Victor Ikpeba to bag 2 each. Ikpeba's
first was created by a typically clever piece of Kanu magic.
See Soccernet for Kanu quotes and brief report, and
CyberEagles for
full Nigeria/Nations Cup coverage.
See this SportList page for Nations Cup matches
on telly (EuroSport), and all other TV football. For other
countries see the links on our non-UK TV FAQ. Next
Nigeria game is against Congo, 3pm this Friday.
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