Backpass, July 14 Part 2 (Powered By MTN) With the 20th FIFA world cup now over after Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 to emerge winners for the fourth time, stakeholders of the round leather game in Nigeria have been bearing their minds on how the nation can get it right. According to NFF technical committee member, Paul Bassey, the country should start planning for the 2018 world cup and attention should be on the world conquering U-17 team in 2013 but expressed regrets that most of the players that featured at the tournament cannot be tracked at the moment. Meanwhile, ex-international,Adokie Amasieamaka has noted that it is high time for the authorities to start spending more on football development. Elsewhere, former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde says the way forward for Nigeria is to have national teams across all the six geo-political zones of the federation which will serve as a huge reservoir of talents for the country. Deliberation: What lessons have you learnt from Germanys victory at the world cup and how can Nigeria tap into it as the Russia 2018 tournament looms?
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:02:21 +0000