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Super Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that he did not make the decision to recall Onazi Ogenyi insisting the call-up of the midfielder for the crucial 2022 World Cup playoff against Ghana this month was to ‘pacify everybody’.
Eguavoen said the technical team are not even aware of the form of the Saudi Arabia-based player even though he is part of the 32-man team he named for the two-legged matches.
According to the Super Eagles interim trainer, Onazi was imposed on him by persons he did not name even though the technical team was not keen on calling the Al-Adalah FC midfielder.
Onazi’s recall has caused massive controversy in Nigeria leaving many Super Eagles fans stunned.
Eguavoen has added more fuel to the fire by revealing that he was not the one who made the decision to invite the player.
“Onazi, good player. Whether he’s still good and can play at that level, we don’t know,” coach Eguavoen said indicating that he did not even monitor the player for the call-up.
“But that’s why I said to pacify everybody, to ensure there’s harmony here, put him on the standby. While he’s on the standby, I have the final say.” Eguavoen said.
The Super Eagles and the Black Stars will be playing in an upcoming two-legged playoff later in the month to determine who will secure qualification to the 2022 World Cup tournament scheduled to take place in Qatar in the coming year.
Ghana hosts the opening leg of the World Cup play-off in Cape Coast on Friday, March 25.
The return leg will be in Abuja next Tuesday, March 29.
This article was updated 4 days ago