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U20 AFCON: ‘We are not their parents’ — Ladan Bosso quashes age falsification claim
By Monsurah Olatunji
Head coach of the Nigeria U20 men’s national team, Ladan Bosso has countered the allegations of age falsification by his opposing coach Jackson Mayanja following Thursday’s 1-0 defeat in the U20 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal in Egypt.
The Hippos were looking to book a World Cup ticket for the first time in their history but had that dream shattered as Nigeria book its place for the coming World Cup and was on course to win a record eighth AFCON tournament.
Following the defeat, the Ugandan resorted to throwing allegations but his colleague Bosso has come out to refute the claim, stressing that his boys have legal documents to back up their figures.
“I want to say that CAF must do something about the ages of players in this age group. If the football for the age group must go ahead, to have the right players in this age group, CAF must do something,” the Ugandan coach said.
In his defense, Bosso replied by saying: “If age is determined by appearance, I think they used more overage players than we do because they are taller than us.
“How do you determine (who is) older? Is it by height? The most important thing is that these players, we the coaches or NFF are not their parents. So, the documents brought to us by the parents or agents, that is what we work with.
“And we send these documents to the necessary office them to cross-check, if they are okay we send them to CAF (and) they will check. If there is something, no problem. But I believe that these boys, some of them are even under 20.”
Source: Pulse Sports.
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