NFF president Amaju Pinnick has praised the work coach Augustine Eguavoen accomplished at the recent AFCON in Cameroon, but he also said the Super Eagles still require more technical input.
Eguavoen was interim head coach of the Super Eagles following the sack of Gernot Rohr and he will also be in charge of the team for next month’s 2022 World Cup playoffs against Ghana.
“Eguavoen did well and he provided good leadership in the team,” praised Pinnick.
“He gave the team freedom to express themselves, but trust me there can be more to it in terms of the way we want to win.
“Generally, I commended him for what he did with the team. He took the job at short notice and he was able to deliver.
“He won three games convincingly. The only team in the tournament to do that in the first round.
“The team we defeated in the first round, Egypt, reached the final.
“What we need to do now is to just inject some kind of technical sagacity to the team.”
The appointment of Emmanuel Amuneke as first assistant to Eguavoen could be NFF answer to this technical shortcoming.
Thumb up for the appointment of Emmanuel Amunike as SE assistant coach and this is to the admiration of football loving Nigerians. It’s good omen. I hope Eguavoen and Amunike will work for the progress of SE