Former Super Eagles winger, Baldwin Bazuaye (MON), has outlined what he believes Nigeria must do to revive its national football teams, the Super Eagles and others, insisting that better planning, early preparation and greater involvement of former internationals are crucial to restoring the country’s lost glory, Completesports.com reports.
Bazuaye also called for members of Nigeria’s 1985 Golden Eaglets squad, which won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in China, to be given prominent roles in the country’s football administration and national teams.
Bazuaye who currently represents Edo South Senatorial District as a Director at the Edo State Sports Commission spoke against the backdrop of the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Super Falcons’ inability to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil and the Flying Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2027 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and, by extension, the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Bazuaye Blames Administration for the Super Eagles’, Other National Teams’ Woes
Bazuaye, who previously played for Ethnikos Piraeus FC of Greece, argued that the problems affecting the Super Eagles, Super Falcons and the other Nigeria’s national football teams have more to do with administration than technical ability.
“In the past, I mean during our days at the various levels of the national teams, coaches were appointed well ahead of time for each competition,” the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medallist with the Dream Team I began.
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“A team had six, seven, eight months to prepare for a tournament. In some cases, a coach got up to one or two years to prepare his team for a major tournament.
“The coach then…
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