Ethiopia to play Kebede against Nigeria

Ethiopia coach Bishaw Sewnet has boasted his team can turn the table against Nigeria just as he included Getaneh Kebede in his final squad. Read more after the cut.

Nigeria won the first leg of the World Cup playoffs 2-1 last month in Addis Ababa. But Sewnet has insisted Ethiopia have not lost all hope of qualifying for their first-ever World Cup.
"The principle of the game is to win. We have seen the Nigerians, and the goals we gave away came from our own mistakes. We will try to correct those and face them in their country, and we hope to qualify there," the coach said.
"In the very beginning we set ourselves a goal, which was to qualify for the African Cup of Nations and the World Cup. To achieve that goal we have had to work very hard and that was our plan. We are training every day and night to achieve our goal. We have 90 minutes more, and we will fight to the maximum. And I am confident we will qualify."
The 69-year-old tactician has worked with Ethiopia at U17 and U19 levels, before he took over the full international team. He led Ethiopia to win the regional CECAFA Cup in 2005.
Sewnet has included Kebede in his final squad even after the South Africa-based forward was flattened out in a league game at the weekend. Kebede, who has scored four goals in the qualifiers, missed the first game in Ethiopia due to an ankle injury.