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Feb 3 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
.@Fsfofficielle President @AugustinSengho2, on keeping faith with #TeamSenegal coach Aliou Cisse, who has taken them to a successive #AFCON2021 final. “I am convinced African Football will develop with the skills of its own children or [we] will never [do so],” he tells me today.
There has been heavy criticism of Cisse’s coaching style by many in Senegal, despite qualifying the Lions for their second @FIFAWorldCup appearance in 2018, as well as reaching the #AFCON2019 final, which he lost to Algeria.
@AugustinSengho2 continues: “We are now on the last path, leading to the #AFCON2021 trophy and I think it will be a strong message to the world if an African coach wins this edition.” I couldn’t agree more with him. What do you think?

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I’ve just listened to an interview that #AFCON2021 Referee Janny Sikazwe had with a group of Zambian journalists, on his experience during the #teamMali v #TeamTunisia encounter, when his match judgement was impaired by heatstroke. “I could have died”, he told them.
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“At the end of the first half, we got to the dressing room early, before the person who had the keys to it...We decided to lie down & put our legs up, to relax. He then came and opened the door and we had some water & juice. It (the conditions) was something else.”
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Nov 23, 2019
THREAD: The @NGSuperEagles secured maximum points from their #afcon2021Q qualifiers against Benin in Uyo & Lesotho in Maseru. @victorosimhen9 was the star of the show in Maseru. But does @Nigeria really want to know what went on behind the scenes? If you do, read on...
Do you know that the @NGSuperEagles players, coaches and staff are yet to receive their bonuses? Please ask @thenff why this is the case...
In Uyo, @thenff paid $14,000 each, to 16 out of the 23 @NGSuperEagles that were at #Afcon2019. They never paid any #afcon2021Q allowances to the other seven. So, after consultations with Captain @Ahmedmusa718, the 16 contributed $16k, which was given to the 7 to share.
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Nov 1, 2019
As you all know, I’m British-Nigerian. For the first time, this year, during the 2019 AFCON, I entered Egypt using a Nigerian passport for the first (and LAST) time. Let’s compare both experiences... (THREAD)
When I entered EGYPT, for #Afcon2019, I had to pay $75 to get a visa on my Nigerian passport. And it takes days to get. To enter EGYPT on a UK passport, you get a visa on arrival and it costs $25, as usual. Why should an African pay far more than a European to visit Egypt?
Oh, and the difference in treatment as a Nigerian🇳🇬 , by Egyptian passport control officials, was very clear, when I came for the AFCON. I was not treated with the courtesy and respect that I usually get, when I come with my UK 🇬🇧 passport. WHY?
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Sep 26, 2019
As I promised, I begin my thread on @Udinese_1896's @WTroostEkong and the defender's future in the @NGSuperEagles, after the #AFCON2019 in Egypt...
Let me first say, very clearly, that as far as @NGSuperEagles Manager Gernot Rohr is concerned, @WTroostEkong is a player that has never given him any difficulties: "I have never had any problems with William. He has always behaved properly, in my opinion," he told me in France.
BUT @WTroostEkong has a big problem with officials at the VERY TOP of @thenff, who see him as a disruptive influence, who has become increasing arrogant and disrespectful. I had discussions with TWO people at the VERY TOP of the organisation...
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Sep 25, 2019
So, what really happened between @mikel_john_obi and @NGSuperEagles Gernot Rohr during the AFCON? How good was their relationship? And how did it affect the team? I’m about to explain things, so get ready for this thread...
After @mikel_john_obi’s top-grade performance with @Boro in the championship, it was thought that he would exhibit the same form during the #AFCON2019. But despite engaging a personal trainer after the season, Mikel’s physical conditioning dropped...
This was quite evident in Asaba, during the one-week I spent with the @NGSuperEagles, before they left for Egypt. But he was always going to be a part of the squad because Gernot sees him as integral to it, even when he’s not 100% fit.
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Jul 9, 2019
Now, let me tell you all the story behind this rather animated shot I took... @PinnickAmaju came to the @NGSuperEagles camp to hand over $75,000 cash to the team, from sponsors @aiteogrp. And to give them a pep talk, ahead of tomorrow...
After this, @PinnickAmaju began to have a chat with Gernot Rohr, who demanded for a one-on-one conversation with @thenff President. After Rohr’s request, the team and entire staff were cleared out of the restaurant. You can see the look on Rohr’s face...
Both men had a conversation lasting up to about 35-40 minutes, just before Rohr attended the mandatory #AFCON2019 presser for the @BafanaBafana game. Do we really have to guess that hard about the issues on that table? 💵💰 And the fact that it was a very animated chat?🤔😀
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