{"id":20624,"date":"2013-12-09T22:22:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=20624"},"modified":"2013-12-09T22:22:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:22:28","slug":"well-defend-our-dignity-iran-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/well-defend-our-dignity-iran-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll Defend Our Dignity, Iran Skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIran captain Javad Nekounam says his team is not afraid of facing Argentina and Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles in the 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been grouped with Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nigeria in Group F.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran has been grouped with three strong teams. Argentina, Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina are powerful but we are going to do our best and defend our dignity,\u201d Nekounam said in an interview with Tehran Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not afraid of facing Argentina. They are one the best teams in the world and we will likely lose to them but we are not scared of anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian team and Bosnia and Herzegovina are strong too. Argentina have good players and I think they are one of the favourites, but we are highly motivated too,\u201d the 34-year-old midfielder added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Celtic and Nigeria defender Efe Ambrose has said the Eagles will go to the World Cup with no fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be the best, you have to beat the best. In football everything is possible, and it\u2019s time for Africa to step up. Nobody knows \u2013 maybe it\u2019s time for Africa to win the World Cup,\u201d Efe told his club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur group is fair; We\u2019ll respect every country that we play in the World Cup. Everybody could qualify from that group. It\u2019s football so you can\u2019t write anybody off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019ll just make sure that we\u2019re prepared for the tournament so that we know our game-plan and are focused for when it begins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the prospect of facing Lionel Messi during the Mundial, the Africa Cup of Nations winner believes Argentina are not all about the Barcelona star and insisted Nigeria will compete well with other countries in the group.<\/p>\n<p>PM News<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran captain Javad Nekounam says his team is not afraid of facing Argentina and Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles in the 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage. 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