It has been a while Nigeria had a goal keeper as good as the recent captain of Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama. So it came as a shock to many Nigerians when our new coach, Sunday Oliseh displayed high handedness and rigidity in a scene that played out today with Enyeama.
Enyeama spoke with Colin Udoh of ESPN FC and below are excerpts.
“I was surprised,” Enyeama, who has 101 Nigeria caps to his name said. “So I stood up to explain my position and ask for an explanation, but the coach asked me to sit down.
“I insisted on speaking because I felt that with the years of dedicated service I have given to the country I deserve at least the respect of giving my own side. But he told me that either the whole team would leave the room for me, or I would have to leave the room for the whole team.”
“There has been a lot of incidents these last few months,” he said. “I don’t need it, the team does not need it, so maybe the best thing might be to step aside in the interest of the country so that the team can focus on football instead of distractions.”
Pooooo-lease! My Naija and worldwide readers, was Oliseh speaking for his ego or for the team? Did the team tell him they wanted Enyeama to leave the room? This same Oliseh who was a member of the mafia in the super eagles that held both foreign and local coaches to ransom. Especially after their Olympics gold medal in football. I guess the man is afraid of karma....which never fails to show. What you sow, you going to reap Mr |Oliseh.
Enyeama arrived at the Nigeria
camp on Tuesday, one day after Monday’s deadline, after attending his
mother’s funeral over the weekend in his home town. According to
reports, Oliseh was unhappy about his captain’s late arrival and demoted
him at a team meeting after dinner, naming CSKA Moscow forward Ahmed
Musa as the new captain.
I laugh in akwa-ibom...."ukom mgbong akong".
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