Brazil 2014!! Netherlands Showed Us That Anything Is Possible – Mikel

The Chelsea midfielder says that the Super Eagles are eager to build on their Africa Cup of Nations success by making a mark at the World Cup John Obi Mikel believes Nigeria can learn from Netherlands’ destruction of Spain and show they can compete at the World Cup ahead of their Group F opener with Iran on Monday. The Super Eagles have featured in five of the previous six World Cups, though have had a poor record in competition of late and have taken only two points from their last six games in the finals. However, Mikel believes that the weight of expectation coming from being Africa Cup of Nations holders can drive on Stephen Keshi’s side to a successful campaign, and pointed to Netherlands’ 5-1 thrashing of world and European champions Spain on Friday as proof of how far belief can help. “This is my first World Cup,” the 27-year-old told Fifa.com. “I want to make sure we achieve something coming here. We don’t just want to come and make up the numbers, we want to do well. “I have to make sure I lead by example. We are all driving in the same direction. We all know what we want and hopefully we will have a good tournament