Nigeria’s Flamingos Arrive in Abuja with World Cup Trophy, Share First-Hand Experience!

Well, it's the first game. I think it was the game that gave us the morale, ah, The World Cup we are participating in is no child's play. It's something we have to work extra hard at. First Above all, I give God the glory for the level he has brought so us far And, you know It's a Great thing It's a thing of honor It's a thing to be Happy of And I Thank you. my teammates the coaching staff Everyone. that was praying for us and the hard work And I think it's really paid off for us, so we're so, so happy. that at least we came back with the trophy for the first time So what was going through your mind? when the final visit comes, you know you know This celebration that God is, this you are, we are Are we bringing the trophy? Ah, it was something that... Can never be forgotten in life. So how did the team recover after the first loss? 2-1-2, the mental aspect—how did the team recover from that? Well, it's the first game. I think it was the game that gave us the morale, ah! The World Cup we came for is not it. Not child's play, yeah, it's something we have to work extra hard if before you are putting In 100 percent you have to double it to 200 for us to get the results and we talk to ourselves make sure that everyone is at peace and we work together And it really came true. For us, all right, thank you very much. Thank you. One question. Coach, coach, coach Congratulations It was an amazing performance. We are back home now. We gave glory to God because it was not an easy task. Nevertheless, we just have to come out of our shell to truly play. We needed the trophy. We had to earn it. Our first game was so rough, but eventually we rose from the storm. And equally, we were able to just come out of it and make it better. Coach, what did you do differently to get from the second game to the final, as other teams, Some of them were taking penalty kicks, but you decided Those 90 minutes were when you were supposed to do the matching. What was different for you? Okay, thank you very much. Looking from our history, from our preliminary stage, We were on the way up and looking at the team. When we were playing our qualifier. We win all our games within a 90-minute timeframe. So we look at it, a penalty can be anyone's game. Now that we are down, we fear no fault. We change our strategy, we will psych them Because of their age, we don't bully them. We just have to psych them and let them see where we get it right and where we get it wrong. From there, we alter the differences. The approach was changed, the mentality was changed, And that's what changed the narrative. One more question, what support do you think whether the team needs to be transitioned from this level to the national team? Ah, quite a very good one. I think our administrators, the Nigeria Football Federation, The National Sports Commission feels that they know what needs to be done and what they need to do. because at this stage, they are burdened with the responsibility, And I know they will take care of it; things will improve. Thank you very much.