Afrigather Nigeria head coach Finidi George has revealed in a brief, four-worded assertion that the Tremendous Eagles are absolutely targeted on the staff’s goal forward of their conflict towards South Africa, Soccernet.ng stories.
Nigeria are scheduled to commerce tackles with the Bafana Bafana on Friday, June 7, on the Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in a matchday three conflict of the qualifying collection for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The target earlier than the Tremendous Eagles is obvious – the staff should beat South Africa to overhaul the Bafana Bafana and problem Group C leaders Rwanda.
Preparations haven’t been as clean as head coach Finidi George would have needed with accidents and withdrawals ruling out star ahead Victor Osimhen, Nathan Tella, and captain Williams Troost-Ekong amongst others.
Labour strike additionally pressured eight stars to delay their arrival to camp, with Finidi solely coaching with 15 of the 23 gamers he invited for the video games on Monday.
Nonetheless, Finidi received a major boost on Tuesday with the arrival of Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey, Brilliant Osayi-Samuel, Frank Onyeka, and Paul Onuachu to the Tremendous Eagles base.
Assured that his plans are lastly coming collectively, the Tremendous Eagles coach took to his X (previously Twitter) account to inform followers that there isn’t any deviating from the staff’s main goal.
100% to the course 💪🏿 #SoarSuperEagles 🇳🇬 https://t.co/khb6gpwehe
— Finidi George (@FinidiGeorge_FG) June 4, 2024
“100% to the course,” Finidi wrote in a publish quoting the Tremendous Eagles coaching session, earlier than including the hashtag #SoarSuperEagles.
Finidi, then as interim coach, led the Tremendous Eagles to beat Ghana 2-1 and lose to Mali 2-1 in pleasant video games in March.
The match towards South Africa would be the first he handles since he was appointed the staff’s head coach final month.
