Former Nigerian international, Victor Ikpeba, has blasted Sunday Oliseh and his team after exiting the African Nations Championship in the group stage.
The Home-Based Eagles were beaten 1-0 by Guinea in final Group C game game on Tuesday which relegated Nigeria from the top position to third, and then exiting the championship untimely.
Ikpeba said Oliseh should have taken a queue from what the U-17 and U-23 teams achieved in 2015, despite the cash crunch situation rocking the NFF.
"Its unfortunate to hear the comments from Oliseh and some of the players; issues of motivation. I think the Nff have done a good job, they took the team to Jo’burg (Pretoria) for preparation before the tournament.
"We all know the Federation has financial issues, So, instead of complaining about motivation, they should take an example from the U-17 and U-23. They had financial problems yet won the tournaments; we shouldn’t forget that Siasia’s mother was kidnapped.”
Ikpeba stressed that the Super Eagles head coach should rather focus on planning ahead for the 2017 Afcon qualifiers against Egypt rather than playing the blame game.
"Our coaches should think about what they can do for their country first. It is not as if Oliseh was condemned to win the CHAN, so even if the team have not advance to the next stage, he should be thinking about the Egypt Afcon ties which is very important."
"When we won the Olympics in 1996 we had financial problems, sometimes we should get behind this problems and be focused and do the job for Nigeria." Footballlive
CHAN Championship: Victor Ikpeba Blasts; Oliseh Has No Excuse To Fail
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