Agreement on the attacking verve came from Sunday Oliseh, another respected member of the TSG. “The group stage is about racking up points, trying to finish top,’’ said the former Nigeria captain who played in the World Cups of 1994 and 1998, “and you would have thought that in the second round teams might be more cautious, get compact and play off the errors of the other team but no no no. Everyone has come out blazing. Full-backs are coming into midfield, overlapping. In South Africa we saw the level better than 2006 and this is one is even better.”