Nigeria's
hero in their 5-4 win over Japan in Thursday's football event for men at the
Olympics, Oghenekaro Etebo, has spoken of his ambition to have a gold medal
hung around his neck at the end of August. Etebo scored
four goals in the game at the Arena de Amazonia in Manaus but said his goals
will count for nothing if they fail to win the gold medal in the men's football
event.
The former
Warri Wolves man stated that he is only focused on winning the gold medal in
Brazil and that the top scorer's award will come only as an addition.
"Scoring
all the goals in this competition and not winning the gold medal would have
amounted to a waste of effort and that's not my target. Yes, it would be great
to see my efforts contributing to the success of the team, but if it will not
lead us to the gold, then I don't want it," said Etebo at the post-match
conference.
Nigeria's
next game is against Sweden at the same venue on August 7.
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