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Super Eagles legend Emmanuel Amunike, accuses Nigeria Football stakeholders of quick fixes; npflupdates.com reports.
Amunike stated this last Wednesday in Illorin after his side shockingly lost away at Kwara United during a Nigeria Premier Football League NPFL, fixture.
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The defeat in Illorin, ended the Naze Millionaire’s five match unbeaten run.
What Amunike Said About Quick Fixes In Nigeria Football
“The NPFL have been doing well but they must do more.
“It would be easy for me as a coach or as a club owner to always win at all costs. But can we say that we have boys who can compete well.
“In Nigeria we like quick fixes. But in football, the reality is that there are no quick fixes,” Amunike told the media.
Speaking further, the former FC Barcelona winger revealed there was an element of poor officiating in the fixture. However, he refused to talk about it.
“But we intend to go back home and correct ourselves and move on from there.
“Yes there were a few calls that should have been awarded to us but I don’t want to talk about officiating.
“Kwara United won today and that is good for them,” the former Golden Eaglets man said.
“But the question is, we should always try to tell ourselves the home truth.
“Are we preparing our players to compete or just to win matches? This is my concern,” he said.
A 21st minute header from Emmanuel Ogbole of Kwara United broke the deadlock.
Heartland fought spiritedly for an equalizer, hitting the woodwork twice in the second half.
Speaking about the only goal that ended his side’s unbeaten run; Amunike attributed the goal scored to a lapse in concentration by his boys.
“My game with Kwara United was a very tough game.
“Unfortunately we conceded a goal in the first half as a result of poor concentration. But for us today we were not lucky.
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“We had a great deal of chances too. I don’t want to talk about the officiating.
” But the fact still remains that if we want our football to grow, we have to raise the standards at all levels,” he concluded saying.
