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born 1965 Nigeria
Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who served as manager of the Nigeria national team three times.
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So wherever you find yourself, you should be able to do at least something 40-50 per cent.
Since I got the news I will say I don't sleep well, because I know the expectation.
We have all it takes to go all the way but we have to take it game after game.
Eleven players are playing, so we are not going to leave defensive responsibilities for defenders alone of offensive responsibilities for strikers alone.
I like entertaining football, But you must try at every given time to possess the ball, but with the intention of going forward. When that space is there, we'll have to explore.
I think I'm better now. Because life is about experience. Every day counts, everything matters.
Nobody cares what happened before. From the blast of the whistle, nobody wants to hear excuses, but with the quality of players we have, I don't think we will struggle.
We have to face reality, nobody cares to hear excuses, We have to tell the players where we are now and where we want to be at the end of AFCON.
I know there are people out there who want us to succeed, and there are a few people out there who are also in doubt. but we will do everything humanly possible to make Nigerians smile.
When the time comes, you will see all of that. Mind you, it's not a one man show; I've also got people around me to tap from also, we have to sit down and talk things through and come up with one agreement or decision. Of course, I have the final say and when the time comes, we'll see.
The federation has a goal, the country has a goal, as players and individuals we also have goals. So we're going to set a goal for ourselves and make sure we work hard to reach that goal.
It's not going to be as competitive because we have to be wary of injuries. It's just like a rehearsal, to see what we have done in training, to put into perfection. It will be just casual games.