誰怕伊曼紐爾·阿穆內克？

尼日利亞 thingumabobs 尋找超級老鷹隊下一任教練的傳奇故事中，僵局和中斷幾乎無休無止地延伸

The search for the next Super Eagles coach by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been a never-ending saga, leaving many to wonder, "Who is afraid of Emmanuel Amuneke?"

尼日利亞足協（NFF）尋找下一任超級老鷹隊教練的過程一直是一個永無止境的傳奇，讓許多人想知道，“誰害怕伊曼紐爾·阿穆內克？”

As I pose this ominous question, I must also berate myself for not asking it much earlier, considering the depth of the quagmire and labyrinth that the NFF moguls have ambled into due to their timidity.

當我提出這個不祥的問題時，我也必須責備自己沒有早點提出這個問題，考慮到 NFF 大佬們由於膽怯而陷入的泥潭和迷宮的深度。

Yes, timidity and docility of the highest order, squeamish as well. Words that make you cringe, but I freely use today to depict why the egg heads of Nigerian football continue looking for gold in the ocean.

是的，最高級的膽怯和溫順，還有嬌氣。這些話可能會讓你感到畏縮，但我今天可以自由地用它來描述為什麼尼日利亞足球界的蛋頭們繼續在海洋中尋找黃金。

Once again, for a repeated insidious and noxious time, they are playing Russian Roulette in search of our national team's messiah in the white man's land, when he indeed is right there in the courtyard of our camp house.

再一次，在一次又一次的陰險和有害的時間裡，他們正在玩俄羅斯輪盤賭，在白人的土地上尋找我們國家隊的救世主，而他確實就在我們營地的院子裡。

We keep seeing a case of looking for the proverbial coin in Sokoto, when it's there in the pocket of your shokoto.

我們經常看到在索科托尋找眾所周知的硬幣的情況，而它就在您的索科託的口袋裡。

Yes, this write-up is meant to wake us up to the reality that the NFF's best choice as Super Eagles' coach (unarguably) after the exit of Jose Peseiro should have been, and still is, Emmanuel Amuneke!

是的，這篇文章的目的是讓我們清醒地認識到這樣一個現實：在何塞·佩塞羅退出後，NFF 作為超級鷹隊教練的最佳人選（毫無爭議）應該是，而且仍然是埃馬紐埃爾·阿穆內克！

Sadly, those who are currently holding the gauntlet and reins of running our country's football (sitting in the patched saddle so comfortably, while the weary horse gallops aimlessly) appear beclouded, befuddled, jaded or fixated about reality.

可悲的是，那些目前肩負著管理我國足球的挑戰和韁繩的人（如此舒適地坐在打過補丁的馬鞍上，而疲倦的馬漫無目的地馳騁）似乎對現實感到困惑、困惑、厭倦或執著。

While the wordsmith warns us to avoid being penny wise and pound foolish, our football lords prefer to be holier than thou; as they ignore the one whose name evokes the presence of God in all that concerns him and our men's national team.

雖然語言大師警告我們要避免因小失大，但我們的足球領主寧願比你更聖潔；因為他們忽視了這個人，他的名字在所有與他和我們男子國家隊有關的事情上喚起了上帝的臨在。

What's in a name you may ponder; but we Africans surely know the spiritual, emotional, psychological, traditional and sociological values attached to names. Which is why you won't find anyone in these parts naming their child Judas or Lucifer.

您可能會思考這個名字的意思；但我們非洲人肯定知道名字所蘊含的精神、情緒、心理、傳統和社會學價值。這就是為什麼你在這些地方找不到任何人給他們的孩子命名猶大或路西法。

On the other hand, a child born to a Christian family in December is bound to be named Emmanuel ... God with us ... to reflect his affinity with the longstanding symbolic celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25th.

另一方面，12月出生在基督教家庭的孩子一定會被命名為「以馬內利」…上帝與我們同在…以反映祂與長期以來象徵性的12月25日耶穌基督誕生慶祝活動的密切關係。

So, in one way, we could have strategically invoked the presence of God and His spiritual guidance into the Super Eagles by naming Emmanuel Amuneke as coach of the team. Not just superstitious, but mostly symbolic...

因此，在某種程度上，我們可以透過任命伊曼紐爾·阿穆內克（Emmanuel Amuneke）​​為球隊教練，策略性地援引上帝的存在和他對超級鷹隊的精神指導。不只是迷信，而且大多是像徵性的......

I remember two symbolic names that turned out to be huge successes in the English Premier League ... Arsene at Arsenal and Klopp for the Kop of Liverpool; thereby reflecting (to an extent) that even Europeans know the import of names and the aura they can exude in the dramatic clime of the round leather game.

我記得兩個在英超聯賽中取得巨大成功的象徵性名字……阿森納的阿森和利物浦的克洛普；從而（在某種程度上）反映出，即使是歐洲人也知道名字的重要性以及他們在圓形皮革比賽的戲劇性氛圍中所散發出的光環。

That stated, let me quickly point out that this is not a celebration of Emmanuel Amuneke on the threshold of sycophantic tendencies or inter-personal conviviality.

話雖如此，讓我快速指出，這並不是對伊曼紐爾·阿穆內克（Emmanuel Amuneke）​​的諂媚傾向或人際歡樂的慶祝。

It's not about friendship, but a suss based on existential premises and cogent realities - top of which are his recent strides and the attitudinal factors that go a long way in determining successful team management at the highest level.

這與友誼無關，而是基於存在前提和令人信服的現實的懷疑——其中最重要的是他最近的進步和態度因素，這些因素對決定最高級別的成功團隊管理大有幫助。

The first point is buttressed by the obvious fact that Amuneke's profile includes a stint as national team coach of Tanzania in the very recent past.

第一點得到了明顯事實的支持，阿穆內克的個人資料包括最近擔任坦尚尼亞國家隊教練的經驗。

He qualified them for the Africa Cup of Nations after several years of absence and even handled them there in all three group matches. No other Nigerian tactician of the current dispensation has that powerpoint on his CV.

在缺席數年後，他讓球隊獲得了參加非洲國家盃的資格，甚至帶領球隊參加了全部三場小組賽。目前，沒有其他尼日利亞戰術家的履歷上有這樣的幻燈片。

We often say 'what is good for the goose is good for the gander,' but why is Amuneke good for Tanzania and anathema for Nigeria? Is it because Jesus said a prophet is not recognised in his own country? So sad.

我們常說“對鵝有好處，對公鵝也有好處”，但為什麼阿穆內克對坦尚尼亞有好處，而對尼日利亞是詛咒呢？是因為耶穌說先知在自己的國家不被承認嗎？好難過。

Before I get to the second point in Amuneke's favour, I digress again. This time, for anyone still reducing this article to the ethos of friendship or one propelled by an ulterior motive, I need to state clearly that the last time Amuneke and I spoke was 12 years ago, and it was a heated monologue he gave me on phone.

在我談到對阿穆內克有利的第二點之前，我又離題了。這次，對於那些仍然將這篇文章歸結為友誼或別有用心的人，我需要明確指出，我和阿穆內克最後一次交談是在12年前，那是他給我的一段激烈的獨白。 。

He actually called me out of the blue to admonish me for throwing aspersion on a football academy that was named after him in Ikorodu, Lagos.

事實上，他突然給我打電話，警告我誹謗拉各斯伊科羅杜以他名字命名的足球學院。

I was still active in journalism back then and I used a vibrant medium to scold the academy for failing to broker a deal for one of my boys, who spent several months in their camp and got many white elephant promises.

那時我仍然活躍在新聞業，我用一種充滿活力的媒介來責備學院未能為我的一個兒子達成協議，他在營地呆了幾個月，得到了許多白象承諾。

Before then, I met him physically only once in my days of marshaling National Grassroots Dream Team at White Sand Field, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos; where his pet

在此之前，我在拉各斯奧裡萊-伊甘穆白沙場組建國家草根夢之隊的時候，只見過他一次。他的寵物在哪裡