The NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, and Executive Committee members held nothing back as they gave the team a piece of their minds an hour before midnight at Uyo’s Hotel Le Meridien
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Keshi signed just in time for a personal grudge match against the South Africans
The friendly was meant to start Nigeria’s preparations for the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifying series after the 2013 African champions surprisingly missed out on this year’s continental championship
Speaking to the players at one of the training sessions in Dubai, Amokachi said the players may have received kudos for playing well against Cote D’Ivoire but the fact remains that the game was lost
Assistant Coach, Dan ‘The Bull’ Amokachi, and Team Coordinator, Emmanuel Attah, moderated the interaction
The Tunisia ’94 Nations Cup and Atlanta ’96 Olympics winner has moved quickly to stabilize the team for the friendlies by dropping injured Kano Pillars central defence ace, Zango Umar, for emerging Mighty Jets of Jos star defender, Ahmed Idris
In spite of the cowardly actions of the Boko Harm the day before, he didn’t loose focus. He kept his eyes on the ball. A feat both them and the APC did not expect. Since the conclusion of that momentous event, many others have been singing his praises. So I will not attempt to occupy that space today, I will rather focus on my state
Local boy, Emem Eduok, made history by scoring the first goal in an official match at the Akwa Ibom Stadium
Already, Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, is awaiting the team and his assistants in the United States
All the players, led by Assistant Coach, Dan ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, swam and had very exciting moment in the pool for nearly two hours, just to relax the nerves after the encounter against Morocco
Skipper, Chigozie Agbim, Daniel Akpeyi of Heartland and Golden Eaglets’ Dele Alampasu are the three keepers currently fighting for shirts ahead of the CHAN tourney
Remarkably, all 30 players invited for the encounter had arrived camp by Monday evening as directed by the Nigeria Football Federation and the technical crew and they all took part in the training session, save for Ejike Uzoenyi, who had a slight fever and was asked to rest for the day
Shortly after the Super Eagles picked a vital away win over their opponents in Addis Ababa on Sunday, the Bull, as he is fondly referred to by his admirers, opined that they must continue to press hard in their quest for the Brazil 2014 ticket
Speaking when officials of the US Embassy, led by former Mighty Jets of Jos star, Sanni Mohammed, grilled him on the new focus of the team, Amokachi said there is a new focus in the team and that is to return the team to its glory days when Nigerians will sleep easy when the national team has any important game
The Embassy officials still followed due protocols but all members of the team were shocked at the convivial reception that the team got as both American and Nigerian staff of the Embassy swarmed the team for pictures, autographs and pleasantries that are quite uncommon at the Embassy