Former Super Eagles winger Finidi George has revealed that coach Adegboye Onigbinde was pressurised to drop nine senior players from the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, after helping them qualify for the football showpiece event, The PUNCH reports.
The 50-year-old, who scored eight goals in 45 matches for Nigeria, also faulted his former colleagues for not speaking up for the players who were dropped from the 2002 World Cup. Captain Sunday Oliseh, winger Tijani Babangida, Finidi and striker Victor Agali were the major players who were left out of the squad following a row between players and officials at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali.
The team’s coach Shaibu Amodu and his assistant Stephen Keshi were also dropped, with a new technical crew, headed by Adegboye Onigbinde, taking charge of the team in Korea and Japan. “I think there was pressure on him because I don’t think that he did that on his own,” Finidi told PUNCH Online TV programme Kick and Follow.“We had a confrontation in Mali , and at the end of the day, I was disappointed but I will not blame him.
One of the worst WC appearances we ever had. I recall a striker who couldn't manage 1 short on target in 4 games
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