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Sacking me won’t solve Eagles’ problems – Keshi

Posted by: Agency Reporter in News Update, Sports 5 hours ago

Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, still wants to continue in his role despite missing out on qualification for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Keshi believes sacking him will do nothing to reverse the downward trend the team is currently experiencing, insisting the problems go beyond him.

“If a team fails, sacking the coach won’t solve the problem. The authority should look beyond the coach to find solutions to the problem,” sl10.ng quoted Keshi as saying on Friday.

Keshi, who has been working without a contract since the expiration of his last deal after the World Cup, admitted that failure to qualify for next year AFCON is a failure on his part.

“I can’t deny it is a shame that we failed to qualify, on my part I failed the nation but my players took South Africa for granted in a match they need to win.”

Keshi’s agent Emma Addo was however silent on his client future, but echoed Keshi’s sentiment that the problems of the team go beyond the coach.

Eagles’ victory over Congo encouraging – Keshi

Posted by: Agency Reporter in News Update, Sports 5 days ago

After securing a much needed 2-0 win over Congo in Saturday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has described the result as encouraging as the team gets set for the final group game against already qualified South Africa.

Keshi, who had been under intense pressure before the win over the Congolese, said he was impressed with the players’ output, stressing that he hopes “they continue that way ahead of the game against South Africa.”

“What I saw was encouraging and I just hope they continue this way.

“The boys are really focused and of course they know why they are here. It’s the business so we have to do what we have to do,” he told SL10.ng.

The Super Eagles had since arrived Nigeria, and landed at the Uyo International Airport at about 3am on Sunday. The team will play South Africa at the Uyo Stadium for the first time, in a game that holds no significance to the South Africans having already sealed top spot in group A.

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Keshi snubs journalists

Posted by: Taofeek Babalola, Uyo in Sports 1 day ago

SuperEagles Chief coach, Stephen Keshi refused to show up for the usual post-match conference, this can be attributed to the team’s 2-2 draw against South Africa in the last group game of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier yesterday.

For close to thirty minutes the Eagles coach kept journalists waiting at the media centre of the Uyo International Stadium.

Spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, who was also at the media centre to co-ordinate the conference pleaded with the journalists.

When Keshi was not forthcoming, Olajire went to the team’s dressing room believing he could convince him but he (Olajire) never showed up.

Moments later, the players were seen heading towards the team’s bus’from the mixed zone and they also shunned the press.

Keshi was the last to leave the dressing room and when cornerned, he simply said, “At the appropriate time, l would speak.

Yesterday’s scoreline left Uyo fans including state governor, Godswill Akpabio shocked after hopes of soccer loving Nigerians were raised  following Eagles 1-2 win against Congo Brazaville.