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For Obi Mikel the memorable match of a week against Argentina by Group D was not any day. Not for football, but while he and his country were playing in the second round, his father was fighting for his life after being kidnapped.
When the traveler was traveling on the Nigeria bus with his teammates at the stadium, his phone rang and he received a call four hours before the match where his father had been kidnapped and that he spoke publicly, they would kill him .
" I received a call before the start of the game to my father when he informed the authorities or that he told someone about it. a ", he confesses in an interview with The Guardian
" Only a very small circle of my friends knew it, and I did not want to argue with I did not want my problem to become a distraction for him or for the rest of the team before such an important match, even if I wanted to discuss it with the coach I could not. "
The Tianjin Teda player was silent and decided to play in Nigeria's 2-1 defeat at Albiceleste.
"I played while my dad was in the hands of bandits." I had to repress I was moved and I had to decide if I was mentally ready to play … I was confused I did not know what to do but, finally, I knew that I could not drop 180 million Nigerians. of my head and I will first represent my country, "he explains.
Finally, the father of Obi Mikel was released last Monday after paying 24,000 euros in ransom.
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