Tony Ubani
10 September 2007
FORMER Golden Eaglets handler, Fanny Amun took a withering attack on those who criticised him for appointing Yemi Tella as Coach of the World Cup winning Eaglets. Amun former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association appointed Tella as the Coach of the U-17 national team but got barrage of attacks in return from many quarters for appointing a Class room Teacher as Coach of the Eaglets. But Amun laughed to scorn yesterday and congratulated Nigerians for his wisdom in appointing "an illegal coach" that has won the World Cup for the country.
Amun's appointment of Tella was labeled as 'illegal' by the former Chairman of the NFA, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima who then embattled appointed his own coaches for the same U-17 team. Amun who won the U-17 World Cup in Japan in 1993 with such great players like Wilson Oruma and Nwankwo laughed at those who derided him for appointing Tella as coach.
"I congratulate all those who said that I appointed an illegal coach in Tella. Please, tell them that Amun's illegal coach has won the World Cup", the coach cum administrator who has gone into hibernation after his reign as Scribe of NFA said.
The Uromi-born coach who described himself as 'Transformer of Talents' after his '93 feat was one of the students of Yemi Tella at the National Institute for Sports, NIS. Apparently wanting to repay his lecturer for teaching him well, Amun appointed Tella as Coach of the U-17 and has been vindicated by his appointment with the magical feat of the Coach who has been suffering from cancer.
His ailment, perhaps, contributed to his 'Siddon-look attitude' on the bench even when the Eagles scored glorious goals or were subjected to serious onslaughts.
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