The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick on Monday told newsmen in Lagos that the decision of the coach on
friendly games for the team was agreed on based on tactical and
technical reasons after the allegation that the Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr rejected friendly games with Chile and Morocco.
“Most countries are playing three games before the world cup but the
super eagles are playing five and care must be taken not to tire out the
players before the world cup kicks off.
“We are taking on Poland and Serbia on March 23 and 27 respectively,
Congo on May 28, England on June 2 and Czech Republic on June 6.“There
are so many considerations before a team can take on friendly matches.
The NFF did not interfere and will not interfere in issues of selections
and matches by the coach.
“The coach wanted a typical African traditional style of pay. Morocco
and Chile has never been in the picture for the friendly games ‘’ he
added.On the appointment of new coaches by the NFF, Pinnick said that
the federation followed due diligence and that the coaches were
appointed based on antecedents and not sentiments.
“I am particularly impressed with the present administration for not
interfering in the decisions of the NFF. It is commendable and it
enables the federation to ensure that the best hands are picked without
influence.
“Nigeria is having global recognition again in sports and we want to
ensure that by 2022, Nigeria will have the best football team in the
World.“We have plans to build football houses across the federation for
trainings. There will be two standard pitches in each state to catch
them young and restore the 1994 glory to Nigeria’’ he further said.
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