The July 4th friendly game between the senior national team of Nigeria and their counterparts from Mexico will see a new member introduced into the technical crew, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Austin Eguavoen who is the head of the Technical Department of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will handle the Super Eagles team which will largely consist of players plying their trade in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
Before now it is the responsibility of the first assistant of the Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr to handle the home base team as seen in the cases of Salisu Yusuf and Imama Amapakabo respectively.
However this time around with Rohr’s first assistant Joseph Yobo unavailable due to his commitment as a pundit in the ongoing European Championship. Eguavoen will handle the team.
A source at the NFF also revealed to Owngoalnigeria.com that even if Yobo is around, Eguavoen will still have been in charge of the team as many of the players were scouted by the technical department during their visits to league venues.
Yobo hasn’t watched a single league game live after 27 round of games in the NPFL hence the decision not to hand the team of the home based players to the former Super Eagles captain.