Austin Eguavoen, Super Eagles interim head coach, has been
named as the best manager of the group stage at the ongoing Africa Cup of
Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon.
Eguavoen was announced as the winner of the prize in a tweet
posted on the Twitter page of AFCON on Friday.
The 56-year-old has overseen the impressive resurgence of
the Eagles since he replaced Gernot Rohr in December 2021.
Despite restrained preparation for AFCON due to the
restriction imposed by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Eguavoen’s Eagles
picked up all nine maximum points from the group stage of the competition.
He has been praised by many of the footballers in the squad
for bestowing upon them newly-fangled freedom and credited for adding a breath
of fresh air to the team.
Eguavoen had, however, noted that Rohr should also be
credited for the team’s improved performance because the Franco-German
assembled “98 percent” of the squad.
The Super Eagles are billed to face Tunisia in the Round of
16 on Sunday.
In other categories of awards, Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar
was named the best player in the group stage for scoring five goals.
Egypt’s Mohamed El Shenawy was handed the gong for the
safest pair of hands throughout the group stage for conceding just one goal in
three games.
Guinea’s Ilaix Moriba was named the best young player of the
group stage. The 19-year-old FC Barcelona youth product was instrumental for
Guinea as they finished second in Group B.
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