Nigeria star John Obi Mikel: I faced Argentina knowing that my father was kidnapped



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Nigerian captain John Obi Mikel revealed that he had clashed with Lionel Messi's Argentina last Tuesday, knowing that his father had been kidnapped and held for ransom.

"Neymar is pathetic, I would not want to see him after a flu The father of the midfielder, Michael Obi, was on his way to a funeral when his driver and he were kidnapped on June 26th on the # 39; Highway Makurdi-Enugu, and that thugs claimed a fee of $ 10. millions of nairas (R380 000) for their safe return.

In an exclusive interview recently, Mikel explained that he had not told anyone about the incident because of the kidnappers' threats to shoot his father if authorities were informed. "I was confused, I did not know what to do, but in the end, I knew that I could not drop 180 million Nigerians," Mikel told ESPN

" I had to close it out of my head and go represent my country first, we were told that they were going "I did not want to discuss it with the coach because I did not want not that my problem becomes a distraction for the coach or the rest of the team the same day. of a game as important. As much as I wanted to discuss it with the coach, I do not could not do it. "

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Mikel's father and his driver were saved by the police" July 2, a week after the abduction.

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