AMODU RESTATES WORLD CUP MISSION

Super Eagles head coach, Shaibu Amodu has stated that his players know exactly what is at stake in the upcoming 2010 Nations/World Cup qualifiers and are determined to qualify for the finals in South Africa next year.
After meeting with the top hierarchy of the Nigeria Football Federation in Abuja on Wednesday, Amodu said the players and technical crew remain focused and not disturbed by comments of a below-par outing against Jamaica in an international friendly in London two weeks ago.
He said: "We are not worried by the comments, because at the end of the day, we know where we are going.
"Is it better for us to break bones and win a friendly against Jamaica and then go below strength to a World Cup qualifier in Mozambique and lose? That is the critical question," Amodu pondered.
He went on to speak about his vision for the Eagles, but admitted that they cannot win all their matches.
"I want the team to win every match, the entire technical crew wants the team to win every match.
"However, there are situations you get to that you know there is nothing in being penny wise and pound foolish," he theorised.
Amodu also used the opportunity to deny reports in a national newspaper that he was telling some Nigerians at the team's London hotel after the Jamaica international friendly that the Glasshouse was owing him and his assistants.
"I never spoke to anybody about being owed salary or salaries, and I think the story is in bad taste.
"I never, ever spoke to anyone concerning non-payment of my salary, or the salary of my assistants, or the salary of other coaches for that matter," he said.
The list of players for the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Mozambique will be released this week, with the players to fly directly to South Africa for a training camp.
The players will arrive their Johannesburg camp from Monday, March 23, and the contingent is to depart for Maputo, capital of Mozambique on Friday, March 27.
The Eagles take on Mozambique's Mamba on the artificial turf of Machava Stadium, Maputo on Sunday, March 29.