Foreign Coaches Are Failing Nigeria, Zira Tells NFF

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Emmanuel Zira, a renowned sports administrator, says it is time to end the hiring of foreign coaches for the national teams.
Zira said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday following the performance of the Super Eagles and Falcons in their separate national assignments.
Falcons lost 0-3 to Germany in the Round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Nigeria, however, managed a 1-0 victory against debutants Burundi at the African Cup in Nations (AFCON) first Group B game, also on Saturday.
Zira, who is a former chairman of Adamawa United FC,  said both coaches of the senior teams had not done anything different with the sides.
Thomas Dennerby of Sweden manages the female team while German Gernot Rohr is with the male team.
“I don’t see any improvement with the two sides. I  think the Super Eagles have grown worse than they were when we had local coaches as their handlers.
” The game against Burundi was nothing to write home about. We were simply lucky to have three points.
” On the part of Falcons, I don’t think they have the right coach to channel an excellent tactical game. It’s all below average.
” We just keep paying these coaches millions of naira when we could spend same money by sponsoring local coaches on courses abroad.
“We have talented coaches at home who could place us on a better echelon in world football.
“Falcons need to go back to the drawing board and get things right,” he said.
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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