Enyeama arrived at the
Nigeria camp in Belgium on Tuesday, a day past Monday’s deadline, after
attending his mother’s funeral over the weekend in his home town. A surprised
Enyeama was told by Coach Oliseh that a new captain, Ahmed Musa of CSKA Moscow
of Russia, has been appointed.
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| Nigeria’s goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama |
Report said that this
degenerated into a row that prompted the coach to send his captain out of the
camp if not for the intervention of President of Nigeria Football Federation,
NFF, Amaju Pinnick.
In his first public
reaction to the face-off, Enyeama posted on his Instagram handle ‘vinny2908’
Wednesday afternoon, recounting how badly he felt with the treatment he
received from Oliseh despite the fact that the coach knew why he came late to
the Belgium camp.
“After 13 years of
national service, having this smile on my face and this passion in my heart
through the billows, the waves of the ocean, the tears of defeat and the sound
of rejoicing from victory chants, now the thought of being stripped naked and
security agents throwing me out break me completely. I will take anything but
not insult to my dead mother,” 101 capped Enyeama emotionally wrote on the
Instagram.
Meanwhile, a report on
ESPN says the goalkeeper is considering taking a bow from Nigeria’s senior
national team.
“I was surprised,”
Enyeama told ESPN FC. “So I stood up to explain my position and ask for an
explanation, but the coach asked me to sit down.
“I insisted on speaking
because I felt that with the years of dedicated service I have given to the
country I deserve at least the respect of giving my own side. But he told me
that either the whole team would leave the room for me, or I would have to
leave the room for the whole team,” Enyeama said.
“There have been a lot
of incidents these last few months,” he said. “I don’t need it; the team do not
need it, so maybe the best thing might be to step aside in the interest of the
country so that the team can focus on football instead of distractions.”
But in what appear to be
official comments of Tuesday night’s incident was a press statement from the
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, which quoted President Amaju Pinnick
Wednesday that all is well in Eagles’ camp.
The statement says NFF
President Amaju Pinnick hailed the spirit in the camp of the Super Eagles in
Belgium, as Nigeria’s senior boys banished memories of a brief misunderstanding
that reared its head on Tuesday night.
“I’m happy there is
absolute peace in the camp and the players and coaches are thinking of nothing
other than the two matches against DR Congo and Cameroon.
“Whatever
misunderstanding that happened on Tuesday night has been peacefully resolved
and everyone’s forgotten about it. Anywhere you have a group of people there is
propensity for misunderstanding now and again. The key thing is the immediacy
of resolution and the maturity to forgive and forget.”
The statement further
says that Head Coach Sunday Oliseh assured there were no longer issues and that
the three –time African champions were focused on Thursday’s high –profile
friendly against the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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