NFF to Keshi: Failure is no Excuse

NFF to Keshi: Failure is no Excuse

As ignorance of the law is said to be no excuse, so is the NFF saying to the team and the coaching crew that failure is no excuse in the ongoing AFCON. 

Ahead of the last group match with the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia in the final Group C match for today, the Nigeria Football Federation has sounded a crystal clear statement that it does not expect anything less than an outright win by the Super Eagles in the match that will determine the faith of the team proceeding to the next round of the AFCON. 

In a statement released by the federation in Rustenburg through Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee, Mr. Emeka Inyama, outlined that the Government of Nigeria, through the NFF, had given the team everything they demanded to make them excel in South Africa. At that, the federation says that it has therefore become very imperative for the Eagles to do well as no excuse can be acceptable for failure.

The statement can be regarded as a change to a tougher posture by the FA who had said that win or lose Keshi would continue in his position through the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Inyama said, “This team has received tremendous support from the Government of Nigeria, the football federation and the good and great people of our country. There is nothing the players or the coach and his crews have requested that we have failed to provide.

“After qualifying for this championship, the team has played a number of friendly matches and everything that is needed to spur players and officials on, have been provided for them. All that is left now is for the team to go all out and show high level of commitment and patriotic fervour in getting goals accomplished”.

According to the NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, “the Eagles should just go into Today’s game and show why they are super. Nigerians have lost patience. We have had enough of draws, and it is time to start winning”.

The Eagles are however being charged to go crush to Antelopes in today’s encounter at 6:00pm after their two draws in two matches.  More so, a win in the game will determine if they will stay beyond Wednesday in South Africa.