{"id":55418,"date":"2021-12-16T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-was-surprised-by-my-appointment-as-eagles-interim-coach-austin-eguavoen"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:44:47","slug":"i-was-surprised-by-my-appointment-as-eagles-interim-coach-austin-eguavoen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/i-was-surprised-by-my-appointment-as-eagles-interim-coach-austin-eguavoen","title":{"rendered":"I was surprised by my appointment as Eagles interim coach \u2013 Austin Eguavoen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Interim Super Eagles boss, Augustine Eguavoen said he was shocked when his name was announced as the next coach of the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Franco-German gaffer, Gernot Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the weekend after a series of not-too-good results during the World Cup qualifying series.<\/p>\n<p>Eguavoen said he never expected that the former Burkina Faso coach would be sacked despite a cloud hanging over his future.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Director of the Federation, Eguavoen was appointed to take over the managerial reins for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say I was shocked, I was surprised when my name was announced after a brief discussion but I thought Gernot Rohr will continue because it has always been is he going to continue is he not going to continue, we\u2019re going to sort things out,\u201d Eguavoen told Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then when my bosses spoke to me about it a couple of days ago I was like why not but is there a possibility that we can sort things out with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t get things sorted out and you know when stuff like this happens, the next person in line is the Technical Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been through before, I am in the system, I know everything about the players and management, of course, the administration also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Interim Super Eagles boss, Augustine Eguavoen said he was shocked when his name was announced as the next coach of the national team. Franco-German gaffer, Gernot Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the weekend after a series of not-too-good results during the World Cup qualifying series. 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