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THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed that Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi has not been charged with winning the title at the 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) in South Africa.
The NFF through an executive committee member, Chris Green explained that “presenting a good team and playing good football” is more important than winning the title.
“Let’s not forget that Nigeria has never qualified for the Chan in two previous attempts. The most important thing is to present a good team and to play good football.
“If we win the trophy, then it’s a plus,” he told supersport.com.
The tournament is exclusively for footballers who ply their trade in their domestic leagues and Green is confident a solid outing by the Super Eagles will attract traffic to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
“A good outing by our team will attract attention to our domestic league and even attract players from different countries to the NPFL.
“We hope for a good outing at the Chan but we are not putting any pressure on the players and coaches because we are looking at the bigger picture,” he said.
The Super Eagles will begin their preliminary campaign at the 2014 Chan on tomorrow against Mali in Cape Town.
They will then face Mozambique in their second game at the tournament on January 15 before rounding off their Group A campaign against hosts, South Africa four days later, also in Cape Town. – Supersport.com
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