The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday urged Nigerians to exercise patience with Sunday Oliseh, the Super Eagles Head Coach, in his quest to build a formidable team.
The NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, said in Abuja that few matches were not enough to assess Oliseh’s capability.
Sanusi said the Super Eagles 3-0 defeat of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in an international friendly on Sunday, showed that the team learnt some lessons from its earlier 0-2 loss to DR Congo.
“I have said this at different fora, that if you are judging a team, there is a need for people to be patient with the manager because Rome was not built in a day.
“The coach said he wants to build a football culture; he has just played one or two matches and I do not think that these two matches are enough to judge the coach.
“We have to give him time; we saw the first match and we saw the second match.
“There is a significant improvement in the second match and it is an indication that a lot of good things are going to happen in Nigerian football.’’
He added that the Football House was not in a hurry to demand results from Oliseh since the team was moving from bad to good.
“When you play a good match and then deteriorate, that is when you can express worry.
“But if you play a bad match and you are improving day-by-day, it is an indication that something positive is coming,” Sanusi said.
The NFF arranged the DR Congo and Cameroon friendlies to help Oliseh in the process of rebuilding the Super Eagles.
