Football fans call for strengthening of Super Eagles
By Emmanuel Jonathan
Some football fans in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have called for the strengthening of the Super Eagles team ahead of future competitions.
The fans, who recalled the Eagles performance at the AFCON finals against Cote d’Ivoire, stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.
NAN reports that the Super Eagles lost 1-2 to their Ivorian counterparts in spite of scoring the first goal of the match.
Ovie Anthony, who blamed the coach, Jose Peseiro for Eagles loss in the finals, said that the players never played like a team.
He blamed the loss on Peseiro’s wrong selection of players for the final match.
“Our players never played like a coordinated team. They seemed not to understand each other in that match and it resulted in their defeat by the Ivorians.
“We are not supposed to lose that match if we had a well-coordinated team that understood each other’s style of play.
“The Ivorians cashed in on our poor coordination to equalise and also score their winning goal,” he said.
He called on the technical crew of the Eagles to intensify efforts to strengthen the team, especially the midfield which is the engine room of every football team.
Benedict Benjamin, a medical doctor and a football enthusiast, said that the Eagles showed some level of capacity which made them to get to the final.
He, however, said that the management of the team should work on the lessons learnt from their loss at the AFCON finals.
Benjamin said that the inability of the Eagles to maintain their lead in the final match, called for strengthening of all departments of the team, for better results.
He said that the technical crew should immediately begin preparations for the 2026 world cup qualifiers, and the 2025 AFCON scheduled for Morocco, to avoid failure.
“There is an adage that when you fail to plan, you have planned to fail. So, now is the right time to begin by strengthening all the departments to ensure a better outing,” he said.
Kingsley Obasohan, who said that there was no need to cry over spilled milk, noted that going forward, the handlers of the team must come up with new ideas to get better results.
He said that it was the duty of the technical crew to initiate strategies and tactics, while the players do the execution in the field of play.
“I think the onus lies on the coach and his crew to come up with different winning tactics and strategies for different matches,” he said. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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