NIGERIA: SUPER-EAGLES COACH RESIGN AFTER AFCON EXIT

Nigeria’s National Senior Team The Super-Eagles, to face Ghana in open World Cup Playoffs without a coach as Augustine Eguaveon left the team on Sunday following their tragic exit at the Round of 16 at the African Cup of Nations.

Augustine Eguaveon resigned as an interim coach of the Super-Eagles on Sunday night immediately as they were subsequently kicked out of the tournament at Cameroon by the less craved Tunisia.

The Super-Eagles of Nigeria were defeated 1-0 by the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the 2021 African Cup of Nations Tournament’s round of 16 clash in Garoua which encouraged the former international defender to drop out.

Eguaveon had supervised the three-time champions to three straight wins against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau looking through that the Super Eagles were coasting to their fourth title.

Yet, they dreadfully kicked out of the competition by a Tunisian side that has been affected negatively by the Covid-19 outbreak between their squad that left them weakened but they still managed to take out the African Giants which caused Eguaveon to drop back from the Super Eagles as a coach.

Eguaveon said in a post match press that, “What happens next is that I’m the interim coach and Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)”.

“I will go back to my position and allow the NFF to make a decision on the way forward”.

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He was appointed the interim coach after Gernot was sacked last month and the teams group stage performance caused him to be made the teams permanent coach.

The NFF had already mentioned Jose Peseiro as the new permanent coach for the Super Eagles before the Afcon Tournament in Cameroon.

Nigeria will be facing Ghana in two World Cup playoff matches in March to determine one of the five African slots at the tournament to be played in Qatar.