Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has revealed that a tactical switch in his team’s attack led to their fightback in the 3-3 draw with Russia in Tuesday’s friendly match. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Admitting that Russia had enough momentum to kill the game off towards the end of the first half, Chelle stated that his tactical switch in the 2nd half ended up causing lots of problems for the opposition in transition.
The Malian added that some of the players who impressed could be invited for the 2027 AFCON qualifier with Tanzania in November.
His words, “The game was good for both teams, Russia had momentum towards the end of the first half, and in the beginning of the second half it was the same.
But we found a solution because tactically we changed something about our strikers and they (Russia) couldn’t find a solution and this is why we scored two goals in transition.
So, the state of mind of my team was very good, I’m proud of my players.
We had two objectives, the 2027 AFCON and the Olympic games and like I said in yesterday’s press conference we had problems bringing some players because their clubs didn’t allow them.
So we came with some of the players who we plan to use for the U-23, and with what they showed us maybe some of them will be in the Super Eagles in the next FIFA window.”
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