Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in a recent interview with channels television said "After they scored the fourth goal, I shed tears for the first time in a long time".
That according to the report was Pinnick's experience with the players in their dressing room after the game between the Super Eagles and Leone Stars of Sierra Leone ended in 4 - 4 home draw.
The match which held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the Edo State Capital was the first leg of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the two teams.
According to the report, Pinnick submitted that the nation's football governing body made sure it provided the necessary support to ensure Nigeria succeeded in the game. However, he added that the blame will not be on the players buit neither him nor the Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr was on the pitch. The only way for the Eagles to redeem themselves was to beat Sierra Leone in the return-leg by a magin of four goals.
In his words still "I will say it the way it is in my heart and the hearts of so many Nigerians. The Truth is that we can't be leading 4 - 0 to Sierra Leone and concede four goals for no reason.
"It's not because of loosing, it's not because we won't qualify fot he Nations Cup, it's certainly because this is towards the end of the year, you know the passion, the love Nigerians have for this game.
"It's football, definitely, it's football; it can go go either way, but what happened to us? Were we complacent? Were we just so comfortable that we were leading 4 - 0 and all of a sudden, the goals started coming in?" Pinnick querried.
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