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17.02.2002
Under-fire Nigerian coach Amodu awaits World Cup fate
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Under-fire Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu will learn in the next few days whether he is to be entrusted with Nigeria`s World Cup campaign after his team failed to reach the African Nations Cup final.
Officials told AFP here Friday that the 22-man Nigeria Football Association (NFA) board could make their decision on Monday after reviewing the technical report from the tournament in Mali where the `Super Eagles` finished third.
There has been a huge public outcry following what many believed was a disappointing performance by the team.
And Amodu is widely tipped to get the boot before the World Cup where Nigeria are drawn in the so-called Group of Death along with Argentina, England and Sweden.
"The coach has no business leading the team to the World Cup," said Sani Toro, a former secretary-general of the NFA.
"He has been too sentimental in his choice of players and has shown he is not in full control of the team."
Several players including striker Victor Agali, who plays for top German club Schalke 04, have also publicly withdrawn their support for the embattled coach.
"He lost control of the team in Mali because the gap between the coaches and the foreign-based pros is so small that the coaches can hardly command any respect from these players," Agali said.
"The `mafia` hijacked the team from the coach and the result is there for everyone to see now."
Amodu, who will be 42 in April, replaced Dutchman Jo Bonfrere last April and went on to make history as the first Nigerian to qualify the team for the World Cup.
He had earlier told AFP he would quit the high-pressure job in June after the World Cup finals.
Top officials told AFP that the NFA board are most likely to decide on whether to appoint a foreign coach to boss Amodu or draft former national team coach Festus Onigbinde to the team.
Onigbinde, who until recently worked for the football federation of Trinidad and Tobago, led Nigeria to the final of the 1984 Nations Cup in Ivory Coast.
Nigeria fired Frenchman Philippe Troussier and replaced him with Bora Milutinovic months before the 1998 World Cup in France.
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