Nigeria's Dream Team Captain Mikel Obi Says His Team Did Not Play Well Against Germany

Chelsea Midfielder and Nigeria's Dream Team Captain Mikel Obi has admitted that his team did not play well on last Wednesday’s Olympic games football semi final against Germany in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “I wanted to win the gold medal, but the fact is that we did not play well today (Wednesday). The Germans played well,” allnigeriasoccer.com quoted the Chelsea midfielder as saying at the press conference. “We are professionals, we can now claim third place and this is what we get. We want to give a medal to Nigeria.” The Nigeria dream team were missing Oghenekaro Etebo and Azubuike Okechukwu. Azubuike Okechukwu has been ruled out of the clash against Germany after he picked up his second yellow card in the game against Denmark and Oghenekaro Etebo, due to injury.