Keshi Unhappy At Match Referee, Hints At Quitting Super Eagles

Head coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, on Monday in Brasilia gave a hint of leaving the national team for another country where his services would be needed. Keshi, told newsmen at the end of his team’s 0-2 loss to the French national team the first thing would want was to get back to his family. He said he needed to have a long rest, which may be for three months. The coach however did not give a hint of where he would be heading to, but the indications were that he had already opened discussions with South Africa. “I can’t speak about any country now. I just want to be with my family “I am just going to have a deserved rest with my family and then decide what next to do thereafter,’’ he said. On why he was taking that course of action, he said his contract with the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) was almost up. “My contract is almost up. Nobody has called me for negotiation. One cannot stay where he is not wanted’’. On whether, he would not be available to take the national team to Morocco for January 2015’s Africa Cup of Nations, he said his job was over. On the Brazil 2014 Round of 16 match, he blamed the U.S. referee, Mark Geiger, for ruling off Emanuel Emenike’s 16th minute goal. “This is the first time I will blame the referee for bad handling of a match. There is nothing I can do about that. He was the Alpha and Omega at that point in time,’’ Keshi said.(NAN)