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Former Tremendous Eagles and West Bromwich Albion, Peter Osaze Odemwingie, has urged the Nigerian Soccer workforce to play attacking soccer and to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The 43-year-old not too long ago accomplished an expert golfers course after a soccer profession that spanned over a decade.
The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria couldn’t safe a win of their World Cup qualifiers final month, placing their possibilities of taking part in within the World’s largest soccer competitors in a fragile spot.
Nevertheless, Odemwingie believes the three-time AFCON winners can qualify in the event that they play attacking soccer, throwing shades at Jose Peseiro’s defensive AFCON 2023 techniques.
“Now we have the gamers and supplies wanted. Personally, I didn’t take pleasure in watching our workforce play within the final Nations Cup as a result of we didn’t carry out like our regular selves. Nevertheless, we have to play defensively in opposition to high groups like Germany, Argentina and Brazil, however be extra formidable within the African Cup. If we take that into consideration whereas taking part in our remaining video games, and from our current historical past, we are able to compete with any workforce on their house soil with a full stadium, we have to know behind our minds that we’ve got to win these away video games,” the ex-Stoke Metropolis man mentioned on the No Holds Barred with Brila FM.
Finidi George resigned because the coach of the Tremendous Eagles after two video games answerable for the workforce, and the place continues to be vacant. Odemwingie hopes there’s a decision quickly, so the workforce can get again on monitor.
“Hopefully, there can be no drama within the workforce, and we pray for peace and concord so we are able to get the job carried out for the collective good. Nigeria must know we’re a giant workforce in Africa, We shouldn’t play like smaller groups. We have to assault in numbers and belief our defenders and goalkeeper. We should be ourselves and recapture what’s lacking in our soccer as we speak,” the previous Bendel Insurance coverage man concluded.
Nigeria will play in opposition to Rwanda, Benin Republic, and Libya of their quest for AFCON 2025 qualification. Rwanda and Benin Republic are additionally current within the Tremendous Eagles’ present World Cup qualifying group.
Adefolahan Guerreiro
Adefolahan is a multilingual journalist and author at Soccernet Nigeria.
With a monitor document of involvement in Faculty sports activities, Adefolahan is concentrated on crafting partaking soccer content material and utilising his language expertise and intensive sports activities data to boost content material accessibility for a worldwide viewers.
He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.
