Nigeria team owner Femi Alabi and head coach Donald Igwebuike never lost faith in achieving the 2011 Diaspora World Cup triumph, despite a frustrating knockout stage season with inconsistency and never come to a good agreement with other teams and the organization committee about the venues and time of most games.
“I have always had faith and confidence. I had a lot of confidence in this team from the very first moment”. Donald Igwebuike, Nigeria Head Coach. "It has been a difficult season, hard for us in many ways, but there have also been moments of the season when I have felt good, especially during the penalty kicks with Armenia. It has simply been a hard knockout season and nothing more. The group stage games were so excited and keen to play. I really hoped things would turn out well for us and everything changed - the team recovered well and it ended up as we knew it could." Donald added.
The Diaspora World Cup