The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has taken a stand on the future of the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle after the 1-1 draw against South Africa in the world cup qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Super Eagles needed to beat South Africa to reduce their lead at the top, but they fail to do coming from behind to draw 1-1 after falling behind via an own goal from team captain William Troost-Ekong.
Calvin Bassey drew Nigeria level with a powerful header in the box. The result meant Nigeria still sit six points behind the leaders, making qualification for the world cup a difficult one with two games left to play.
Chelle who took over in February with a mandate to rescue what was left of the campaign with just three out of a possible 12, picked up eight points out of the 12 available and above all he is yet to lose a game.
” His ( Chelle) future won’t be decided by Super Eagles qualifying for the world cup or not. We all know the situation we were in before he was appointed. So far he has done better than the previous two coaches who started the campaign in Jose Peseiro and Finidi George respectively”, a member of the technical committee of the NFF told Owngoalnigeria.com in an exclusive conversation.
” The first part of his contract ends in October, which is at the end of the qualifiers. We (NFF) will analyse the manner which we made it to the world cup or not before taking a decision. But qualifying for the world cup will trigger an automatic extension of his contract for two more years”.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
