The historic winning coach Stephen
Keshi has resigned his position of the Nigerian Senior Football Team, the Super
Eagles as head of coach.
Keshi noted that the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) had
already decided they would sack him as soon as the Super Eagles where knocked
out in the quarterfinal clash against Ivory Coast. Which means that they did
not believe the Super Eagles would progress beyond that stage of the
competition. Moreover he stated that NFF booked a ticket back to Nigeria the
moment they found out that Ivory Coast was playing against Nigeria.
Although there is no official
letter on this note from Nigerian Football Authorities, speculations are been made
that lack of support and continuous meddling are among the reasons for his
resignation.
Its unlikely for Keshi to
change his mind because he believes NFF did not trust him enough and respect his
tactics as a coach.
He was quoted as saying "it's a shame in Africa, When there's a good African
coach, nobody wants to give you time and space, they want you to have the job
today, build an excellent team tomorrow and win the World Cup the following
year. If only we can understand the dynamics of how these things work we can have
more achievement and successes. But most coaches are not given freedom to work so they are held back."
Let's hope that he changes
his mind.
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