谁害怕伊曼纽尔·阿穆内克？

尼日利亚 thingumabobs 寻找超级老鹰队下一任教练的传奇故事中，僵局和中断几乎无休无止地延伸

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?"

尼日利亚足协（NFF）寻找下一任超级老鹰队教练的过程一直是一个永无止境的传奇，让许多人想知道，“谁害怕伊曼纽尔·阿穆内克？”

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.

当我提出这个不祥的问题时，我也必须责备自己没有早点提出这个问题，考虑到 NFF 大佬们由于胆怯而陷入的泥潭和迷宫的深度。

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，最高级的胆怯和温顺，还有娇气。这些话可能会让你感到畏缩，但我今天可以自由地用它来描述为什么尼日利亚足球界的蛋头们继续在海洋中寻找黄金。

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，在一次又一次的阴险和有害的时间里，他们正在玩俄罗斯轮盘赌，在白人的土地上寻找我们国家队的救世主，而他确实就在我们营地的院子里。

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

我们经常看到在索科托寻找众所周知的硬币的情况，而它就在您的索科托的口袋里。

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，这篇文章的目的是让我们清醒地认识到这样一个现实：在何塞·佩塞罗退出后，NFF 作为超级鹰队教练的最佳人选（毫无争议）应该是，而且仍然是埃马纽埃尔·阿穆内克！

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，那些目前肩负着管理我国足球的挑战和缰绳的人（如此舒适地坐在打过补丁的马鞍上，而疲倦的马漫无目的地驰骋）似乎对现实感到困惑、困惑、厌倦或执着。

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.

虽然语言大师警告我们要避免因小失大，但我们的足球领主却宁愿比你更圣洁；因为他们忽视了这个人，他的名字在所有与他和我们男子国家队有关的事情上唤起了上帝的临在。

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.

您可能会思考这个名字的含义；但我们非洲人肯定知道名字所蕴含的精神、情感、心理、传统和社会学价值。这就是为什么你在这些地方找不到任何人给他们的孩子命名犹大或路西法。

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会被命名为“以马内利”……上帝与我们同在……以反映他与长期以来象征性的12月25日耶稣基督诞生庆祝活动的密切关系。

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，在某种程度上，我们可以通过任命伊曼纽尔·阿穆内克（Emmanuel Amuneke）​​为球队教练，战略性地援引上帝的存在和他对超级鹰队的精神指导。不仅仅是迷信，而且大多是象征性的......

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.

我记得两个在英超联赛中取得巨大成功的象征性名字……阿森纳的阿森和利物浦的克洛普；从而（在某种程度上）反映出，即使是欧洲人也知道名字的重要性以及他们在圆形皮革比赛的戏剧性氛围中所散发出的光环。

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.

话虽如此，让我快速指出，这并不是对伊曼纽尔·阿穆内克（Emmanuel Amuneke）​​的谄媚倾向或人际欢乐的庆祝。

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.

这与友谊无关，而是基于存在前提和令人信服的现实的怀疑——其中最重要的是他最近的进步和态度因素，这些因素对决定最高级别的成功团队管理大有帮助。

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.

第一点得到了明显事实的支持，阿穆内克的个人资料包括最近担任坦桑尼亚国家队教练的经历。

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.

在缺席数年后，他让球队获得了参加非洲国家杯的资格，甚至带领球队参加了全部三场小组赛。目前，没有其他尼日利亚战术家的简历上有这样的幻灯片。

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.

我们常说“对鹅有好处，对公鹅也有好处”，但为什么阿穆内克对坦桑尼亚有好处，而对尼日利亚却是诅咒呢？是因为耶稣说先知在自己的国家不被承认吗？好难过。

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.

在我谈到对阿穆内克有利的第二点之前，我再次离题了。这次，对于那些仍然将这篇文章归结为友谊或别有用心的人，我需要明确指出，我和阿穆内克最后一次交谈是在12年前，那是他给我的一段激烈的独白。电话。

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.

事实上，他突然给我打电话，警告我诽谤拉各斯伊科罗杜以他名字命名的足球学院。

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.

那时我仍然活跃在新闻业，我用一种充满活力的媒介来责备学院未能为我的一个儿子达成一项协议，他在营地呆了几个月，得到了许多白象承诺。

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，我在拉各斯奥里莱-伊甘穆白沙场组建国家草根梦之队的时候，只见过他一次。他的宠物在哪里