Former Nigeria worldwide Ifeanyi Udeze has stated Tremendous Eagles interim coach Austin Eguavoen did a superb job within the AFCON 2025 qualifiers he dealt with.
Eguavoen took up the Tremendous Eagles teaching job after German-born Bruno Labaddia turned down the position.
Within the two video games he took cost of, the Eagles recorded a 3-0 win in opposition to Benin Republic on matchday 1 and held Rwanda to a 0-0 draw on matchday 2 in Kigali.
The outcomes noticed the three-time AFCON champions, on 4 factors, prime Group D.
Reflecting on how the Eagles fared within the two AFCON qualifiers, Udeze stated he wouldn’t have an issue if the NFF resolve to permit Eguavoen proceed.
“For me Eguavoen did a superb job, one win and one draw, not a foul one,” Udeze stated on Brila FM. “If the NFF determined to depart him I wouldn’t have any situation with that.
“There was enchancment in each video games the Tremendous Eagles performed, they have been in a position to create scoring possibilities, performed as a staff. We hope to see extra enchancment.“
The Eagles will probably be again within the AFCON qualifiers in October when they’ll face Libya in back-to-back video games.
In the meantime, Eguavoen has denied stepping down because the interim coach of the Eagles.
After the sport in opposition to Rwanda, there have been reviews that the NFF technical director had left the Eagles job.
Nonetheless, Eguavoen has denied the reviews, saying he was misquoted.
“It’s fairly unlucky that folks simply set off one thing that’s not right. And the state of affairs we’re in now, we don’t want detrimental tales
“I solely talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two video games and we’ll see the right way to go about prosecuting the subsequent video games.
“However after I noticed that story I used to be frightened. No matter persons are studying on the market aren’t right. I’m nonetheless very a lot in cost. I’m the Technical Director of the NFF, saddled with the accountability of taking the Tremendous Eagles at this second.”
Associated
Bought what it Takes?
Predict and Win Hundreds of thousands Now
