{"id":91558,"date":"2024-09-11T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91558"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:18:53","slug":"i-have-not-quit-as-super-eagles-coach-eguavoen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91558","title":{"rendered":"I have not quit as Super Eagles coach &#8211; Eguavoen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has dismissed rumours making the rounds that he has quit his role, following Tuesday\u2019s barren draw against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rumours of Eguavoen\u2019s resignation started making the rounds, following his post-match reaction in Kigali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">This was after Super Eagles 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) matchday two qualifying match against Rwanda, which ended 0-0 at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">However, Eguavoen, who spoke to newsmen after the team touched down in Abuja, debunked the rumours as false and misleading, saying that he was misquoted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He affirmed that he was still in charge of the Super Eagles and would sit down with the federation\u2019s hierarchy to evaluate the team\u2019s performance, following the two matches played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cI only talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two games to see how we go about prosecuting the next games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cBut, when I saw that story, I was kind of really worried and concerned. Whatever people are reading out there is not correct, and I am still very much in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cI am the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, saddled with the responsibility of taking charge of the Super Eagles at this moment, and that\u2019s where we are,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">NAN reports that the Eagles will next confront the Mediterranean Knights of Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, mid-October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u25cf Report by <strong>NAN<\/strong><\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_240911_141259_928.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has dismissed rumours making the rounds that he has quit his role, following Tuesday\u2019s barren draw against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rumours of Eguavoen\u2019s resignation started making the rounds, following his post-match reaction in Kigali. This was after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":91559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6317,7],"tags":[4334,6787,6786],"class_list":["post-91558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-news","tag-eguavoen","tag-quit","tag-sper-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}