AFCON
Nigeria’s managerial crisis resumes as Eguavoen reportedly declines to continue
The managerial problem that heralded Nigeria’s opening matches in the Africa Cup of Nations which has seen two of six match days gone may not have abated.
Owngoal Nigeria has reported that the interim Super Eagles’ manager, Austin Eguavoen has called it quit following the team’s second match in the series on Tuesday.
The newspaper reported that the interim manager told its reporter in Kigali that Eguavoen said the mandate given him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was for two matches and that has been concluded.
The former Super Eagles defender was engaged following the crisis that followed the refusal of Germany’s Bruce Labadia to accept the offer to handle the Nigerian team.
Sports Village Square made efforts to verify the information from the NFF, but none of the key officials’ number went through as they may have been aboard flight bringing them back from Kigali.
Head of Communications, Ademola Olajire, media officer, Promise Efoghe, NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau and the General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi are believed to have travelled with the Super Eagles to Kigali.
According to Libya’s news outlets, there are palpable fears in the Libya national team which faces successive crises and trying to avoid early elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.
The team which faces the Super Eagles this week has been plagued with players’ absences occasioned by injuries and boycotts.
The coach recently appointed has revealed the names of players refusing to represent the national team.
In a press conference held on Saturday, Coach Nasser Al-Hadhiri remarked that the absence of several players were due to real injuries.
In that class are Ahmed Al-Tarbi, a defender of Ahli Tripoli; Mohammed Al-Tabbal of Al-Nasr club and Ali Youssef who also suffered the injury while playing with Tunisia’s Club Africaine.
If the Libyan national team sticks to plans, the players are expected to have arrived in Nigeria ahead of their Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying duel in Uyo.
With most players drawn from the domestic league, the national team had daily training sessions in Tripoli under coach Nasser Al-Hadhiri and his assistants Akram Al-Hammami and Abu Bakr Al-Hark.
However, according to media sources in Libya, the team faces injury worries even though the absence of Victor Osimhen in the Nigerian squad is being celebrated.
Even though it did not mention the injured Libyan players, Libya Al-Ahrar Channel reports that replacements were found in Al-Tahadi FC defender, Mohammed Khalil and Al-Nasr midfielder, Abdullah Abdul Rahim as well as Al-Akhdar winger, Faraj Ghaidhan. They take the places of the absent regular players.
Franck Mawuena who recently renewed his contract with Remo Stars has received a call-up to the Togolese squad for this week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match. He had previously featured in the Belgian League.
He was part of the Remo Stars squad that finished second in the Nigeria Premier league last season. He scored six goals.
Togo will be away to Algeria on Thursday before hosting the reversed fixture on 14 October.
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