The President General of Nigerian Football and Other Sports Supporters Club (NFSSC), Dr Rauf Ladipo, has commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for appointing ex-international and Bejing Olympic silver winning coach, Samson Siasia as the coach of Under-20 national team.

In an exclusive interview with Daily Sunsport in his Apapa office, Dr Ladipo said the appointment of Coach Siasia was to have a clear departure from what had been happening, even as he decleared that we needed success.
“Siasia’s appointment means that we want a change; a clear departure from what has been happening in our football. We want success! he said.

“You see, we are not saying win, win, win at all cost, but if your team play well and lose gallantly, then you will have rest of mind.
“After all, when we were in China for the Beijing Olympics football final, we lost the match 0–1 to Argentina, but after the match, we were held hostage by fans of other teams, who were happy with our gallantry performance. For three hours, they kept on cheering us, dancing with us in the streets of Beijing.

“They did that because our team played well in that competition. We didn’t win, but we were happy. That is all we want from Nigerian sides.
“The NFF have done something right by appointing Siasia as the Flying Eagles coach. Let us give him the needed support to lead Eagles to Egypt,” Ladipo added.