Former Super Eagles player and U17 Golden Eaglets head
coach, Emmanuel Amunike has thrown his support for Sunday Oliseh who is
in-line to become the next Super Eagles’ coach.
In an exclusive interview with him in Abuja, Amunike also revealed that his team will work hard to get better than the Manu Garba led U17 World Cup winning squad.
Excerpts:
Question: Moving forward, what are your plans for the Golden Eaglets?
Answer: We are focused and optimistic, we are doing the right things and doing everything possible for us to make a statement in global football.
How prepared are the boys for upcoming tournaments?
I think in every tournament teams objective is to do well, that’s our thing and we have to work hard. We are drilling the boys well and suffering is part of the game through suffering, you get endurance, through endurance, you get character and through character you get hope.
What are you personal targets for the team?
Coming here to tell people we will do miracle is not possible but I am going to do the best that I can within my power to make them world class players.
What are the challenges that you are facing in the team?
Everyone has challenges, it either makes you tougher or tough, we must separate the challenges and only dwell on the positives it brings. Every game we play at tournaments will pose as a challenge to us and the earlier we understand the better.
Nigeria is the defending champion of the U17 FIFA World Cup under Manu Garba with assistance from you; can you give Nigerians a new breed of champions ?
Like I said, football is not all about magic, we are here to get the best legs and it is only a matter of time. I believe we can do it again, in football anything can happen. All the same I have faith and believe.
What do you think about Sunday Oliseh’s appointment?
It is a welcome development. We cannot do away with human resources some of us played matches to the highest level and we have played under great coaches, some of us studied under them as well. Oliseh will surprise a lot of people and perform well, let’s support him.
Amunike
Excerpts:
Question: Moving forward, what are your plans for the Golden Eaglets?
Answer: We are focused and optimistic, we are doing the right things and doing everything possible for us to make a statement in global football.
How prepared are the boys for upcoming tournaments?
I think in every tournament teams objective is to do well, that’s our thing and we have to work hard. We are drilling the boys well and suffering is part of the game through suffering, you get endurance, through endurance, you get character and through character you get hope.
What are you personal targets for the team?
Coming here to tell people we will do miracle is not possible but I am going to do the best that I can within my power to make them world class players.
What are the challenges that you are facing in the team?
Everyone has challenges, it either makes you tougher or tough, we must separate the challenges and only dwell on the positives it brings. Every game we play at tournaments will pose as a challenge to us and the earlier we understand the better.
Nigeria is the defending champion of the U17 FIFA World Cup under Manu Garba with assistance from you; can you give Nigerians a new breed of champions ?
Like I said, football is not all about magic, we are here to get the best legs and it is only a matter of time. I believe we can do it again, in football anything can happen. All the same I have faith and believe.
What do you think about Sunday Oliseh’s appointment?
It is a welcome development. We cannot do away with human resources some of us played matches to the highest level and we have played under great coaches, some of us studied under them as well. Oliseh will surprise a lot of people and perform well, let’s support him.
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