“I gave my all, it’s time to focus on my family” –Yobo

 

Skipper 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.” read more

Yobo played in three World Cups and won the 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.”

-dailypost