OKPODU MAY REPLACE EUCHARIA

A SOURCE at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has declared that the Super Falcons chief coach, Uche Eucharia, played her last game in the team at the weekend in the last Olympic Games qualifiers against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon.Eucharia whose contract was extended by one month in September according to the source won't return to the team.It was gathered that the coach last game in charge of the Falcons was at the weekend in Cameroon following stunning revelations she has no contract with the Nigeria Football Federation.Top officials informed that unlike the case of Eagles coach Samson Siasia, there will be no debate as regards the fate of Uche after she failed to qualify the women to next year s Olympics in London.On Saturday in Yaounde, the team she led to win a sixth African Women's Championship title in November in South Africa lost out 4-3 on penalties after aggregate scores stood at 3-3 with Cameroon.Nigeria will therefore not be represented in the women's football event of the London Olympics for the first time since 2000. Recent speculations now Eoint in the direction of US-ased Sam Okpodu to return to his former post as Falcons coach.However, another former Falcons coach, Ismaila Mabo, | said Uche was unfairly treated by the NFF as several assistants | were imposed on her.
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