{"id":320498,"date":"2011-03-18T12:56:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/nigeria-football-federation-sacks-super-falcons-coaches\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:56:59","slug":"nigeria-football-federation-sacks-super-falcons-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/nigeria-football-federation-sacks-super-falcons-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Football Federation Sacks Super Falcons Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.9644513138\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cbde1a16thisday180.jpg\" alt=\"This Day (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit This Day (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>17 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Super Falcons assistant coaches Ann Chiejine and Idris Gidado have been relieved of their duties by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a move bound to raise many eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Both officials were missing when the squad resumed training on Tuesday, and officials say they have been instructed to &#8216;stay away&#8217; from the team.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two coaches have been asked to stay away from the team,&#8221; NFF Chief Media Officer Ademola Olajire confirmed. NFF&#8217;s Technical Committee chairman, Christopher Green declined to state any reasons for the dismissal of the duo.<\/p>\n<p>It is his committee, which directly supervises the coaches on the employ of the Glass House.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted the NFF Executive Committee member would only say: &#8220;The decision has been taken, that is all I can say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green would also not say if replacements would be named. In the interim, Head Coach Uche Eucharia has added goalkeeper training to her list of responsibilities. This area was handled by now sacked Chiejine, who was a long time national goaltender herself.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically this latest action will only further fuel speculation that ultimately even Eucharia herself would not be in charge of the team for this summer&#8217;s World Cup finals in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Since qualifying the team in style for Germany 2011, rumours have been rife that the former national team player would be made to give up her position in favour of a &#8216;more experienced&#8217; coach.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Glass House has denied this, the latest action is bound to stoke the fire again.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103180724.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Football Federation Sacks Super Falcons Coaches\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Football Federation Sacks Super Falcons Coaches<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 March 2011 Super Falcons assistant coaches Ann Chiejine and Idris Gidado have been relieved of their duties by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a move bound to raise many eyebrows. Both officials were missing when the squad resumed training on Tuesday, and officials say they have been instructed to &#8216;stay away&#8217; from the team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Football Federation Sacks Super Falcons Coaches - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/nigeria-football-federation-sacks-super-falcons-coaches\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Football Federation Sacks Super Falcons Coaches - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"17 March 2011 Super Falcons assistant coaches Ann Chiejine and Idris Gidado have been relieved of their duties by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a move bound to raise many eyebrows. 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