Keshi Wants "Greater Intensity" for Uruguay

Stephen Keshi, head coach of Super Eagles, demands a game of "greater intensity" from the African champions as they take on South Americans, Uruguay, in their second game at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.
Nnamdi Oduamadi's hat-trick powered Nigeria to a 6-1 win over Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) representatives, Tahiti, on Monday; but the ever-demanding Nigerian public have been requesting for more after the majority of the fans described the performance against the OFC champions as "not good enough".
Keshi admitted that Monday's display was not one out of the top drawer, and now demands a better showing from his wards against La Celeste on Thursday.
"The performance against Tahiti [on Monday] was not as good as the performance we had against Mexico in Houston [a friendly game that ended in a 2-2 draw]. Maybe they were thinking Tahiti is not too strong. We have to work on that against Uruguay as we hope to play with greater intensity," Keshi said.
Nigeria endured a chaotic build up to the tournament with the players initially refusing to travel to Brazil as they pressed home demands following disagreements with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over bonuses.
The issues resulted in a delay of the team's arrival in Belo Horizonte where the game against Tahiti was played and Keshi revealed that it was a factor in the team's lackluster display against the Oceania champions.
"The boys were very tired. We arrived in Belo Horizonte around 3am on the day before the Tahiti game. The boys did not have enough sleep.
"Hopefully, they will be rested before they take on Uruguay on Thursday," he said.
The Nigeria squad have since arrived in Salvador where Thursday's game against Uruguay will be played with the players seemingly pleased with their new surroundings.
Left back, Elderson Echiejile took to the social networking site, twitter to voice his feelings.
"Now in Salvador ahead of thursday's match vs Uruguay in confeds#ConfedCup2013 love our hotel, just by the sea," the SC Braga man tweeted via @EldersonEch.