Vogts Terminates Contract

ogts Terminates Nigeria Contract
 German trainer Berti Vogts has terminated his contract with the Nigerian Football Association and is no longer their national team coach.

   

                                                             Vogts Terminates Nigeria Contract

The contract, which had been due to run until 2010, has been cancelled with immediate effect.

“The behaviour of the Nigerian FA before and during the African Cup of Nations has removed all trust and made a continued cooperation impossible” Vogts explained.

Nigeria were knocked out at the quarter final stage by hosts Ghana and Vogts came under heavy criticism during the tournament.

Nigeria lost to the Ivory Coast in the group stage and the team coach was even attacked by fans after a 0-0 draw with Mali.  Vogts said during the tournament that he wanted to see out his contract, but would have to consider his options after the competition.

The 61 year old former German national team boss took over the ‘Super Eagles’ in January 2007 with a view to guiding them to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.


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I second that,good riddance.Now if Clemens Westerhof takes over, the mighty super eagles will definitely be back! But will pride let the NFA go for him?God help nigerian soccer o.

Those calling for westerhof, What has been his achievement outside Nigeria in the last 12 years?

To Hell with Vogt. He has failed worefuly.When Berti Vogts‘ appointment as the Super Eagles coach was announced in January 2007, he declared to The Guardian of London, ”Anyone who has survived in Scotland can survive in Nigeria.”

Vogts was wrong about that statement. He shouldnt have made such a silly comment.

He spent two-and-a-half years with Scotland before he was heckled out of the post by a combination of players, journalists and fellow coaches. In Nigeria, he survived for significantly less, having to quit after barely a year on the job.

If Scotland was willing to give him the long rope to hang himself, and the country in the process, Nigeria‘s fuse has proved to be much shorter.

The German, whose sole claim to fame is the European Championship trophy he led his country to in 1996, led the Scots in 32 games. Only nine of those games were wins with seven draws.

He led Scotland to 16 defeats, including a 6-0 loss to Holland and a 3-0 home loss to Hungary before he was forced to resign.

Nigeria was never going to give him so many games after his inefficiency was so cruelly exposed in Ghana just a few days ago. With the World Cup qualifiers so close, it would have been suicidal to let Vogts remain in charge and he must have been pushed over the edge somehow.

After the Nations Cup quarterfinal loss to Ghana, Vogts‘ scorecard read 13 matches, six wins, three draws and four losses. When it is considered that four of the six victories came against sides like Lesotho, Niger, Kenya and the Republic of Benin, the wins column does not look so impressive. Wins against lowly rated countries that even the Super falcons can defeat. These teams he won ranks below 100 in FIFA ranking.

If that tally was acceptable to Scotland, it was not to Nigeria, where the depth of talent available to the country raises great expectations.

When Vogts started his reign in Nigeria with a disputed 1-0 Nations Cup qualifying victory over Uganda in Abeokuta few eyebrows were raised because he was still feeling his way through the new job.

But when the Eagles lost 2-1 to the same Cranes in Uganda, people were becoming concerned that Herr Vogts might not be the right man for the job after all. He however redeemed himself somehow with Nations Cup qualifying victories over Niger in Niamey and Lesotho in Warri but the real test was yet to come.

After mixed results in friendly matches in preparation for the Nations Cup - 2-2 with Mexico, 0-0 with Macedonia, 1-0 win over Switzerland and 1-0 loss to Australia- Ghana was to be the venue of Vogts‘ major examination. He failed woefully. Even the friendly was hell as he couldnt record wins against Macedonia that has no reputation in football. We should have at least recorded a win or less draw against Australia even if we are to play them with purely home base players

Although Nigeria survived the ‘group of death‘, the manner of survival did not go down well with Nigerians. A loss to Cote d‘Ivoire, a draw with Mali and a win over Benin saw the Eagles squeeze through to the quarterfinals. Vogts‘ outdated tactics, which placed emphasis on defence and stifled his players‘ self-expression, ensured the Eagles scored only two goals in three games.

Finally, Vogts‘ sins caught up with him and he had to go after losing 2-1 to 10-man Ghana in the Nations Cup quarterfinal due to his ultra-defensive approach.


Bye to Vogt. Vogt must go and take care of his great grang children and forget about coaching because he is a failure.