Assistant coach Daniel Amokachi has
tried to distance himself from the Super Eagles disastrous showing
against Uganda Wednesday night by telling his bosses he did not pick the
team.
A lethargic Nigeria, who handed
Eagles debuts to the likes of Odion Ighalo, Moses Simon and Akeem
Latifu, were upset 1-0 by Uganda in Uyo Wednesday night.
And Amokachi, who has been in
temporary charge of the national in the absence of Stephen Keshi, has
tried to save his own neck after angry officials led by Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick demanded to know why the
Eagles failed to fly against the Cranes of Uganda.
One of the top officials told
AfricanFootball.com that they were stunned when Amokachi told them he
should not be held accountable for the poor display of the Eagles
because he did not pick the squad.
“He said he did not pick the team,
that it was Keshi who did so. It was his own way of defending himself,”
said the top official.
Amokachi’s latest self defence is not
likely to go down well with ‘Big Boss’ Keshi, who could well be now
having a rethink about who should assist him in his second stint in
charge of the Eagles.
Keshi’s new two-year contract has
been sanctioned by the NFF executive committee and he is now expected to
sign it in time for the qualifying tournament for the 2017 AFCON.
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