Players of the senior national team of Nigeria have expressed their joy in working with the interim coach of the team Austine Eguavoen ahead of the upcoming AFCON qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
It will begin with a game at home against Benin Republic led by former coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr on the 7th, before the trip to Rwanda as they bid to make it to the 2025 AFCON.
Eguavoen was drafted in as interim coach following breakdown in talks with Bruno Labbadia to take over as coach, in an announcement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) he will handle the team in both games.
His appointment seen as unpopular by most followers of the team has however made some players of the team excited, due to his management style which they say makes them to play with freedom.
It is the 4th time that he will be in charge of the team and most recently he was in charge of the team for the delayed 2021 AFCON held two years ago in Cameroon, where the team exited the tournament in the round of 16 following a 1-0 loss to Tunisia. They however won all of their group games.
The technical director of the NFF has the trust and respect of the players with a couple of team saying he ranks higher than most indigenous coaches, due to his open style of leadership where he speaks with them before taking any decision on their involvement.
All of them who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity say he is a huge apostle of attacking football, which suits the talents at his disposal in the team at the moment.
