President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday bemoaned the downward slide of Super Eagles, saying certain internal crises were responsible for their lagging behind.

The president spoke when the Sports Minister, Tamuno Danagogo led the victorious Super Falcons to present the African Women Championship trophy they won in Namibia to him.

Jonathan said:  "Today is not the day I will make a formal speech because we will receive you. I have asked the Minister of Sports and the chief of staff to find out whether it is next week.

"We will formally receive you. Today we are quite pleased to receive the cup from you. You have made the country proud. Nigeria is known to be a soccer country. The male teams have been doing very well.

"But somehow, sometimes, because of certain internal crises, we tend to lag behind. But the female teams have been doing wonderfully well. We didn't expect that you would win, but still, that you won for this country is remarkable.”