Former goalkeeper and captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Vincent Enyeama says he has stopped watching the team since he was unceremoniously kicked out by former coach Sunday Oliseh, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Enyeama who was key to the team lifting the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the last time they did in South Africa says the way he was treated like a used material is why he lost interest in following the team since his exit from the scene.
“Sincerely, I’ve not been following Nigerian football right from the day I left and with due respect, I was really treated like shh..,” he told Ufuoma Osusu, Hotsports executive producer in an interview.
” I mean I was treated like a piece of used material, so I decided to put a block between me and the National Team and that went on for a long time. It’s now that I’m beginning to follow the goings-on from a distance.
“But I really put a stop to watching Nigerian football and the National Team because I was deeply hurt. It’s now I’m really becoming gradually at ease. I think I have made personal changes to move on and change chapters and pages to slowly reconcile myself with the system.
Asked to give his opinion on the issue of the poor state of goalkeepers in the Nigerian team, Enyeama who was at some point the most capped player in the history of the team said he can’t say much about them as he hasn’t been watching the team.
“To state the fact, I can’t really say much about the National Team and the goalkeeping and all of that because I am not watching them”, before adding that he has no regret over his career over the years, which he picked winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as one of the major highlights.
“I feel accomplished. I feel very accomplished. It’s not easy to achieve the feat that I have achieved all these years. It’s not an easy feat. To God be the glory, I went through all these years, achieved the glories, achieved all the laurels, achieved everything that I’ve got and that makes me feel great.
“I had so many great moments in my career. The truth is that I can’t really specify or single out any particular one as special. But AFCON 2013 remains one of the best moments because we won that trophy and Enyimba 2003 and 2004 also paints a good memory in my career history because we emerged champions of the continent by winning the CAF Champions League twice. These are very memorable moments among other moments for me.”
Ade Emmanuel