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Robbed! Mikel Obi Attacks CAF over 2013 African POTY Awards
Former Tremendous Eagles midfielder, Mikel Obi has prompt that he was robbed of the 2013 African Participant of The 12 months Award by CAF.
Mikel completed as runner-up to Ivory Coast after which Manchester Metropolis star, Yaya Toure.
That yr, Mikel gained the African Cup of Nations, which ordinarily would have elevated his possibilities of successful the APOTY award.
Nonetheless, Yaya Toure was having a blast of a season with Manchester Metropolis, main the membership’s cost to the Premier League title, it could not matter a lot for CAF that Mikel held it down towards the Man Metropolis midfield normal once they confronted off within the quarter-final of the AFCON in 2013.
Not solely did Mikel Obi win the AFCON with Nigeria, however he was additionally having season with Chelsea as nicely.
He gained the Champions League title with Chelsea inside the yr in evaluate. Mikel was a key determine within the crew that beat Bayern Munich to the UCL title in 2012.
He put up a man-of-the-match show because the anchor and coronary heart of Chelsea, who have been with out John Terry.
The previous Tremendous Eagles captain in a chat with Dubai Eye 103.8 argued that; “I received robbed of the African Footballer of The 12 months Award. Earlier than I went, I used to be advised I gained it.
“I used to be on the airport flying to Nigeria as a result of the ceremony was in Nigeria, and Man Metropolis was taking part in, and Yaya Toure scored two targets.
“I gained the Nations Cup (AFCON), I gained the Europa League and a yr earlier than that, I gained the Champions League. There is no such thing as a means I wouldn’t have gained it. I knew I had gained it. It doesn’t matter what number of targets he scored. I used to be in my prime, taking part in lots of video games.
“You can have seen the ceremony. Earlier than it was even introduced, all people left the stage, folks left.”
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