Chief coach of the Super Eagles, Salisu Yusuf has exonerated Coach Imama Amapakabo of any blames after the later failed to qualify Nigeria’s CHAN Eagles for the CHAN 2021.
Imama was also in charge of the Nigeria U23 team that failed to qualify for the Olympic Games which has been postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic but Salisu is adamant that the coach isn’t entirely at fault for the failures.
Salisu said Imama’s failure could happen to any coach in the world, as football is about moments and it could go past anyone.
He added that focus should be diverted to starting early preparations for the next task. “It can happen to any coach, it is just to focus and prepare in time. When we were going to CHAN, we only had two weeks to train in Abuja, under hot conditions while the tournament was to be played under cold conditions but we took advantage of our moments.
“Technical crew, players, federation and all should organize and prepare again, I know we will do better next time”.
Godwin N