Fun And Games For Nigeria
Quite why Nigeria - who have more talented footballers than is fair - always make such heavy work of qualifying for major tournaments is a mystery to me and it seems to a large portion of the Super Eagles fans who can't quite work out why they self-destruct so frequently.
It's always good to blame the manager, though; and Shuaibu Amodu, the current coach, is under a lot of pressure, after drawing with both Jamaica in a friendly and, more critically, Mozambique in a World Cup qualifier.
Nigeria's 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland a couple of days back doesn't seem to have helped any either.
Tellingly, it was not Amodu but Nigeria's sports minister Sani Ndanusa who attended the post match press conference. Ndanusa denied that Amodu had been sacking, but rather drily commented "He was the coach for this match, that is clear".
It's always fun and games with Nigeria and World Cup football, but for that comment alone, you can't help but back them to qualify this time.
It's always good to blame the manager, though; and Shuaibu Amodu, the current coach, is under a lot of pressure, after drawing with both Jamaica in a friendly and, more critically, Mozambique in a World Cup qualifier.
Nigeria's 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland a couple of days back doesn't seem to have helped any either.
Tellingly, it was not Amodu but Nigeria's sports minister Sani Ndanusa who attended the post match press conference. Ndanusa denied that Amodu had been sacking, but rather drily commented "He was the coach for this match, that is clear".
It's always fun and games with Nigeria and World Cup football, but for that comment alone, you can't help but back them to qualify this time.
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