Danagogo wants competition in Eagles

The competitiveness that used to be the order of the day in
the 1980s and 1990s which saw players from both the
domestic league and foreign legion battle for places in the
team is expected to return soon if the mandate of the Sports
Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr.
Tammy Danagogo is adhered to.
This latest directive which was directed to the Nigeria Football
Federation, NFF according to the special assistant on media
to the minister, Patrick Omorodion, urged the federation and
coaches of the Super Eagles to make the senior national team
competitive and ensure that only the best players represent
the country at all times.
The minister’s plea came on the heels of the recent two-
legged friendly matches put together for the home-based
Eagles against Cote d’ Ivoire and Yemen where the team lost
0-1 to star-studded Cote d’Ivoire in Abu Dhabi and beat
Yemen 2-0 in Dubai.
Dr. Danagogo argued that with regular friendly matches for
the Team B Eagles, the coaches would be able to beef up the
first team for crucial matches with new players discovered as
the Eagles prepare for the 2017 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers
scheduled to begin after the on-going 2015 edition.
“If the Team B gets regular friendly matches, the coaches will
have a pool of players to select from to beef up the main
team. They have to make the team competitive so that only
the best will represent the country at all times,” he said, as he
commended the NFF for arranging the recent friendly matches,
He urged Nigerians to continue to support the Super Eagles
despite their failure to qualify for the on-going Nations Cup in
Equatorial Guinea, adding that he was sure the NFF and the
players have learnt from the mistakes of the past to make
progress in the coming months.