Augustine Eguavoen has announced his decision to step down as the interim coach of the Nigerian national football team, Super Eagles.
Eguavoen announced this on Tuesday immediately after he led the team to a convincing draw in a match against Rwanda, OwnGoal reports. The indigenous coach was appointed as interim coach a few days ago after Bruno Labbadia rejected his appointment with Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
His first match was a convincing 3-0 win against Benin Republic in Uyo last weekend. The coach explained his decision was because he was only engaged for two matches which he had completed.
“I have been given a mandate to handle two games. I will want to say I am very pleased with the boys and again thanks to the NFF leadership and all the boys supported me in terms of discipline and working hard,” he was quoted as saying by Own Goal.
He continued: “It ends today, which is the two games mandate. I can’t talk about Libya because I haven’t been told but however I can talk about it a little bit in case we have another coach, we can talk about it. I want to be closer to the team as it should be and I can give inside story and inside information that we need to be able to overcome Libya. No team is a pushover anymore but with this spirit that these boys have exhibited and from what I have seen, we have a very bright future.”
