The captain of the Super Eagles Joseph Yobo, has
announced his retirement from international
football, after the team were knocked out of the
2014 World Cup by France.
The defender scored an own goal, after Paul
Pogba headed Les Bleus into the lead, as Nigeria
once again failed to reach the last eight of the
tournament.
It was Yobo’s 100th – a national landmark and
he feels it is the right time to draw the curtains.
“It was a bitter-sweet moment for me but I think
it is time to focus on my family,” Yobo told
reporters. “It has been a long road.”
Yobo played in three World Cups and won th
Africa Cup of Nations last year in South Africa,
since he made his debut in 2001.
“We’ve won the Africa Nations Cup and we came
here and were not disgraced,” he continued.
“I never thought that I’d be here because I missed
the last six games of the season through injury.
They gave me an opportunity but it is unfortunate
what happened.
“I gave my all.”
Yobo also said that he’s leaving able deputies
behind in Kenneth Omeruo and Godfrey Oboabona.
“They would grow,” he said. “Omeruo has done
very well. Oboabona was injured but he got his
chance at the Nations Cup. They’re going to get
better, the experience is going to come and one of
them has to take the responsibility and be a
leader.”
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