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AFCON ouster: Siasia, NFF boss beg Nigerians

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Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, and President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has pleaded with the Nigerians not to abandon the team following their ouster from the race for the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon.

Speaking after the arrival of the delegation to Egypt at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Stadium, Abuja early on Wednesday, Siasia said, “we are on a broken bridge which we could not fix. I felt disappointed. I will only beg for Nigerians’ forgiveness. We were not lucky despite playing good game in the two matches.

Pinnick added that all efforts should be geared towards the 2018 World Cup qualification which begins in June.
“I’m not very happy with the result and I’m very sad that we lost out in the race. Nigerians should forgive us. It is just that the god of soccer was not on our side. I wonder why we could not hold on to our lead in Kaduna,” Pinnick said.

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He added, “We can now boast of a disciplined team like the one we had in 1994. We will not rest on our oars as we prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

“I discussed with our match agent last night on the need for us to make use of all the FIFA free days especially the two we will have in June to play quality friendly matches.

“I’m happy that we are having the youngest and the most entertaining team in the world now. This we will just have to consolidate on.”

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