Eagles almost ready for Iran - Keshi

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says his team are 'almost ready' for their World Cup opening game against Iran.

Keshi's Super Eagles open their campaign against Asia's top-ranked team, but the Nigeria coach says his team are still a little way off.

"I will say we are almost where we want to be," he said.
"The passing is coming the way we want it, and the players are getting things right the way we want.

"By the time the match comes around, we should be ready."

The Super Eagles found goal scoring hard in their build up games, and Keshi admitted that it was a concern.

"Yeah, that's something we have to work on," Keshi conceded. "We have been doing a lot of work around that and I hope that by the time our games come around, the players will do what they have to do."

One area where the coach was pleased was the return to fitness of all his players, although he did express some sadness over the loss of Elderson Echiejile.

Kenneth Omeruo, Ahmed Musa and Juwon Oshaniwa are all fully recovered from slight knocks.

"Yes I am happy (that we have all our players fit again. But I am also not a little bit happy because Elderson Echiejile is not here. He was one of our best players. "But Juwon is stepping up and the other players are helping him so we should be well covered."

The team leave for Curitiba on Saturday morning.