Why I Had Problems With Clemens Westerhof, Rashidi Yekini At Félix Houphouét-Boigny Stadium In Abidjan—Samson Siasia

<h4>Why I Had Problems With Clemens Westerhof<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that after three decades&comma; Samson Siasia&comma; an ex Nigerian striker&comma; has further opened up on what transpired on the field of play during Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s qualifying matches for the USA 1994 World Cup&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though the information has been in the public space&comma; the former Super Eagles coach gave deeper details on what happened between himself&comma; the then Super Eagles coach&comma; Clemens Westerhof and Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s highest scorer of all times&comma; Rashidi Yekini&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reflecting on the issue&comma; Siasia explained that he was kicked outout of Super Eagles at that time for not passing ball to Yekini&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; it was one of the most difficult moments of his football career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Siasia said that it was simply because he refused to pass the ball to his teammate&comma; Rashidi Yekini that saw him temporarily dropped from the team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Siasia&comma; who won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles&comma; told Emmanuel Babayaro on UTVAfrica that it was normal for him not to pass the ball to Yekini&comma; insisting that the striker failed to utilise earlier chances he had created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He disclosed that it was during a 1994 World Cup qualifier with Nigeria playing against Ivory Coast at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny&comma; Abidjan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Siasia preferred to shoot instead of passing to the better-positioned Yekini&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then national team boss&comma; Clemens Westerhof saw this as a selfish display and dropped Siasia from his squad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I <em><strong>am a striker&period; Rashidi Yekini won’t give me that ball if it was him&comma; that’s the truth&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em>” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>Sometimes you miss&comma; sometimes you score&period; Rashidi has been one of the greatest strikers ever I have played with&period; May his soul rest in peace&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>My downtimes&quest; First was when I didn’t pass the ball to Rashidi Yekini and they had to kick me out of the team and I had to hustle myself back into the team&period; Trying times are always there to make you stronger&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>A lot of people talked about why I didn’t pass the ball to Rashidi Yekini&period; The one I passed to him he couldn’t even score too&comma; so things happen&comma; we don’t take it personal&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At that time&comma; Siasia&&num;8217&semi;s action generated heat in the football circle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I <strong>swear&comma; I did not see Yekini&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<&sol;strong> was the screamer headline in the sports page of Daily Times back then&comma; apparently referring to Siasia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting&comma; a football enthusiast&comma; Banire Ola Ibrahim&comma; explained that the world cup qualifier was played at the Felix Houphouét Boigny stadium in 1993&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I was at the stadium then&comma; the match ended 2-1 against Nigeria the match would have ended 2-2&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;But Rashid yekini missed the goal as he was about to score the goal his boot was removed from his legs&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;