ONIGBINDE BEMOANS NIGERIA’S EXIT!

Former Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde has bemoaned the Super Eagles’ 2-0 defeat by France in their Brazil 2014 World Cup round of 16 match on Monday.

Onigbinde, who guided the Eagles to a first round exit at the Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup, insisted Les Blues were not “a very fantastic side”, blaming a   lack of cohesion for Nigeria’s defeat at the 

hands of the 1998 world champions.

Speaking with our correspondent in a telephone interview on Tuesday, Onigbinde partly attributed the loss to a lack of football technical department in the country.

The former FIFA Technical Committee member, who maintained the players should not be blamed for the defeat, said the development had underscored the “lethargy prevalent all spheres of the society”.

He said, “In that match, France were not a fantastic team as they were being touted. We came out spiritedly in the first half but we were overwhelmed in the second half. I agree with the view that France were not a very fantastic side. With cohesion we would have won the match.

“Sometimes the players are the scapegoats of the lethargy in the society. Can anybody show me the blueprint for Nigeria football? Success in football doesn’t work like magic. You must work to earn it.

“For over a decade I have been calling for us to have a blueprint for football. We must develop football. We raise teams some months to a competition and expect to succeed. No, we must change our orientation and prepare our teams in a developmental way.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.