Super Eagles will bounce back - Stephen Keshi

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has expressed displeasure at the recently released FIFA rankings, saying that the Eagles are confident the team will climb up the Fifa ranking and ensure they qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria dropped four places downward to place 37th in the world according to the September ranking released by the world soccer governing body last Thursday.

The 2013 African best coach of the year the recent ranking was as a result of his side’s poor performances in the Afcon qualifying series where they boast of just a draw in two games but promised things will work out good in subsequent outings.

"Definitely, I am not happy with the news but there is hope and the hope is that we need to work harder and focus on how we can regain that position,” Keshi told Complete sports.

"We worked hard to get there and if there is a drop now, nobody will be happy but like I said, there is hope.

"The recent two matches we played may have contributed to that but we are focused and looking ahead with the hope that things will get better.

"The most important thing to us as a team for now is making sure that we qualify for the Nations Cup and we will continue to do our best,” he concluded.

Nigeria will face Sudan in October to put re-launch their bid to defend the trophy won two years ago in South Africa.goal