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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Defender Dennis Odoi believes Ghana had a better team than Nigeria during the World Cup playoff.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars edged Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar via the away goal rule.<\/p>\n

The Super Eagles were favourites before the two-legged encounter, having had a better Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon and had all their key players before the Black Stars clash.<\/p>\n

However, a weakened Ghana team ended up qualifying for the World Cup ahead of a star-studded Nigerian team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me [about the rivalry],\u201d Odoi says. \u201cBut I think you need to live here to know how real the rivalry is. I knew it was two West African countries that are very close to one another. This big rivalry is about jollof [rice] as well,” Odoi told New Frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were fighting for the World Cup. Obviously, it\u2019s sweet that you win against Nigeria, but no matter which country it was, we needed to win those two games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the Nigeria squad, they had bigger names. But names are not everything. You can have big names, but you need to be a good team, a good squad. And you need to be a cohesive group. I think that, over the two games, we showed them that we as a team were good, and we fight for each other.”<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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