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Super Eagles two-goal hero, Ahmed Musa, has dedicated his brace against Sudan to Stephen Keshi.

The winger scored two goals in the 3-1 at Abuja national stadium, which saw Nigeria claim their first win in Group A in the AFCON 2015 qualifiers.

But the 22-year-old is sad to see the Big Boss shown the door.

“Yes, my brace is for him, sad to see him go and proud I lifted some pressure off him; he is like a father to me in the team,” he told SL10.ng.

The CSKA Moscow forward, though, remained optimistic the team would secure a ticket to next year’s championship despite trailing South Africa and Congo on the log.

“I believe we will qualify, I have never doubted it.

“Mathematically and otherwise, we still stand a chance of even finishing top of our group.”

Musa welcomed the appointment of Shuaibu Amodu, saying he has trust in his new boss to perform well on the job.

“He is welcome. As players, we have little or no control over who manages our team, regardless of the manager, I’m ready to give my all to Nigeria,” he said.

“My country comes first and I eye to do more for the team as long as God strengthens me.

“He is a veteran coach, highly experienced and that will work well for us as a team. We can turn this around and an experience head like him will make it easy.”