The Nigeria Football Federation has come out to say that no target has been set for Nigeria’s interim coach Augustine Eguavoen at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire recently revealed this to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the interim coach has just been handed the mandate to do his very best, so there is no pressure at all at the tournament.
Ademola added that NFF believes Augustine can go all the way to lead the team to the AFCON 2021 final.
His words, “He is on an interim basis, he has just been handed the mandate to do his very best, and we know what his very best is.”
“Sixteen years ago, he led the team to a bronze medal in Egypt and of course, he is the coach with the highest percentage of wins in matches for Nigeria – 12 wins in 14 games over three stints is not something to sneeze at.”
“So, we [NFF] believe that we will go all the way to lead the team to the final.”
“The NFF is quite happy and delighted with this because you know all the circumstances in which we got here, such as the new technical crew having only a few days to train with the team.”
“There was so much pessimism here and there, but we are happy with that first we took the three points from Egypt in the first match was a good starting point before the three points against Sudan – also very good.”
“We are looking forward to another three points in the game against Guinea Bissau. It is a very excellent start and we just hope that the team keeps up to that momentum and goes all the way to the final.”
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