Always support and encourage us, Super Eagles coach begs Nigerians

The Super Eagles head coach, Austin Eguavoen, has appealed to Nigerians to always support and encourage the team.

Eguavoen said his is one of the toughest jobs in the world, as Nigerians want to always win every cup.

Speaking with with Elegbete TV, he said bearing the weight of that responsibility is no joke, especially when critics abound.

The coach, who doubles as the Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical Director, currently faces a tough task qualifying Nigeria for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar when the Super Eagles face the Black Stars later this month in the final qualifiers.

The three-time African champions will travel to Ghana for the first leg of their highly anticipated encounter on March 25, before hosting the Black Stars four days later at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.

“It’s very tough. Very tough because we are humans and are very demanding,” Eguavoen told Elegbete TV.

“And we are a football nation, which is normal. We don’t want to settle for less. We always want to go for the best and by so doing, we want to win every trophy available.

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“To be saddled with that responsibility I think is a very tough one. There’ll be critics everywhere, left, right and centre definitely, but the ability to be able to hold on and shed most things away and remain focused determines a lot.

“We will remain focused but our only appeal to people is to not discourage us but always encourage and support us because things like this, if a person isn’t strong, it can throw him off guard. But I’m focused and I know I have a lot of fans out there, thumbs up to them. I love everybody and we’ll celebrate together after the two-legged games,” Eguavoen stated.