Nigeria started 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with a hard-fought 2-1 comeback victory over Sierra Leone national team at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Thursday night....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The Three times Africa Cup of Nations Champions suffered defeats in their last two matches in international Friendly matches against Mexico and Ecuador national team in United States of America, but they defeated their opponent at home on Thursday.
Goals from Victor Osimhen and Alex Iwobi were enough to give the host a deserved victory, while Jonathan Morsay scored a goal for the away team.
Coach Jose Peseiro made few mistakes in Super Eagles hard-fought comeback victory, and he needs to correct the mistakes in their upcoming matches.
Here are the two mistakes coach Jose Peseiro made in his team’s 2-1 victory against Sierra Leone;
Giving Sadiq Umar a starting point
The first mistake coach Jose Peseiro made is giving Almeria football club star Sadiq Umar a starting role, the former AS Roma football club star helped his Spanish club to gain promotion few days ago, and he joined Super Eagles in training three days ago, he supposed to be benched in the game instead of giving him a starting role.
Dropping Cyriel Dessers to the bench for the entire duration of the game
The former Heracles Almelo football club star was outstanding in Super Eagles last two matches and he was able to score a goal against Mexico. He should have been given a playing time against Sierra Leone national team.
