The Football Federation of Nigeria (NFF) has announced the hiring of a German coach Bruno Labbadia as the new coach of the African national team.
Therefore, the former coach of Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart or Hamburg leads the ‘Super Eagles’ team in the middle of qualifying for 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and where the Nigerian national team will try to qualify.
The general secretary of the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi, made public the agreement in which the German replaced George Finidiformer national team player and Betis legend, who served as interim coach in recent months.
“The NFF Executive Committee approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Subcommittee to appoint Bruno Labbadia as the first coach of the ‘Super Eagles’,” the president said.
Labbadia, who became the fifth German to sit on the bench Nigeriawill have to refloat the situation of the current African runner-up in the qualification for the North American World Cup.
In the four matches played so far in qualifying for the championship, the Nigerian team has done just that draw three games and lost another, and is in fifth place in a group of six where only the first two teams will participate in the final stage of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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