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Farewell Coach Yemi Tella

Just 6 weeks after leading the Nigerian U-17 team to the U-17 World Cup, Coach Yemi Tella has died of lung cancer. He died on Saturday at LUTH.
Farewelll, Coach Tella.

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Proof That Nigerians Are Capable

Coach Yemi Tella is a great proof that Nigerians, when provided with the adequate resources are extremely capable. After all the uproar over the appointment of Coach Tella, he has won the U-17 cup for Nigeria. The Nigerian team was the only team to win all their games scoring great goals and conceding just 3 goals in total. That was remarkable. They played against the best teams in the world and proved their worth.

And sadly, I read on the FIFA site and in the Vanguard Newspapers that he was battling cancer. Here is the quote from the Vanguard article on his cancer:

“I congratulate all those who said that I appointed an illegal coach in Tella. Please, tell them that Amun’s illegal coach has won the World Cup”, the coach cum administrator who has gone into hibernation after his reign as Scribe of NFA said.

The Uromi-born coach who described himself as ‘Transformer of Talents’ after his ‘93 feat was one of the students of Yemi Tella at the National Institute for Sports, NIS. Apparently wanting to repay his lecturer for teaching him well, Amun appointed Tella as Coach of the U-17 and has been vindicated by his appointment with the magical feat of the Coach who has been suffering from cancer.

His ailment, perhaps, contributed to his ‘Siddon-look attitude’ on the bench even when the Eagles scored glorious goals or were subjected to serious onslaughts.

Coachie, we are praying for your full recovery. You have indeed made Nigerians proud.

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