Nigeria Football Federation’ head of technical committee, Barrister Chris Green has rubbished reports that the committee’s meeting on Thursday was aimed at getting a replacement for embattled Super Falcons coach Eucharia Uche.
He equally denied knowledge of any directive from the NFF prior to the Accra battle giving the Falcons coach an ultimatum to beat Ghana or quit her position as the head coach of the women national team.
Following the elimination of the six-time African champions from the 2011 All Africa Games by Ghana’s Black Queens at the Ohene Djan stadium, there has been speculation that the former Nigerian international will be sacked or made to work under a yet to be appointed technical adviser.
But while he admitted that the committee would deliberate on matters affecting all national teams including Super Falcons, he maintained that the discussion on Falcons will not be to remove coach Uche from the team.
“We are meeting to review the activities of the national teams, Under-20 (Flying Eagles), Under-23 (Dream Team IV), Super Eagles and Super Falcons. As regards to Super Falcons our attention will be on the way forward, how to ensure that Falcons excel at the World Cup.”
“I am not aware that the FA told the coach to win the tie against Ghana in order to stay as the head coach or lose the game and be sacked. There was nothing like that and nothing of such will come up in our meeing. We are only interested in finding solutions and ways that will help the team do well at the World Cup,” he told SuperSport.com.
The Fifa Women World Cup is due to kick off in June and Nigeria will contest the group qualification with host and world champions, Germany, Canada and France.
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