“I am shocked (by the latest rankings). We won the Africa Cup of Nations this year, qualified for the World Cup and four-time world champions Italy held us to a draw, so I am surprised,” said Keshi.
However, Keshi said he will continue to lead the Super Eagles to victory.
“We should continue to win and make Nigerians proud because that is what is most important to me and Nigerians,” he said. If we remain in where ever we are in the ranking and keep winning and Nigerians are happy, then I am happy.”
Nigerian football fans expressed mixed reactions to the monthly FIFA rankings, published on November 28, 2013, Thursday.
The Super Eagles’ fans took twitter and other social media to express their emotions, surprise and sarcasm over the credibility of the ratings.
Nigerians can not accept that given Super Eagles’ performance in recent times, and their qualification for the 2014 World Cup Nigeria would have moved up the ladder:
@Das_Spiel_: Even if Nigeria wins the World Cup, as long as we're talking about the FiFa rankings, we'll drop places.
@Valrosssy: if Nigeria's points remained same but we were leapfrogged by other nations who gained more points it would've been und'ble!
@Samuel_Mbah: Impossible! FIFA ain't serious at all
@Dswag994: dey are really mad
@Pr8nz: Lmao. What did we do? RT @chiq_magnet Stupid rankings ...even after wat we dd to Italy.
@ridwanadeniyi: Forget FIFA ranking... Team Nigeria.
However, rankings still matter, as they are expected to be considered in next week’s draw for the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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