Super Eagles Coach, Eric Chelle, has explained that he chose Samuel Chukwueze and Bruno Onyemaechi for the ill-fated penalty shootout with Morocco because they were among the best in his team.
Chelle also disclosed that striker Victor Osimhen was substituted in the game that Nigeria lost 2-4 to Morocco in the second semifinal of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday in Rabat via penalty shootout because he was injured and could not move freely during the dying minutes of the game.
Chukwueze and Onyemaechi lost their penalty kicks to hand Morocco the AFCON final ticket in the game that ended 4-2.
Explaining the late change in extra-time that brought in Chukwueze, Paul Onuachu and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Chelle said: “Since the beginning of this Africa Cup of Nations, every day at every training session we have done penalty sessions and statistically the players who took the penalties were the best, and that’s why we made changes to bring in the players who were going to shoot.
“Chukwueze came on to take his penalty, and even though he didn’t score. So, when we saw the match was heading towards penalties, it was when we brought in the players who were shooting the best.
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Thunder struck eagles twice, pls change the coach. His tactics are outdated. Voodoo is real because of his beliefs 😳
Why didn’t he put Chukwueze in the game on time, infact second half
You want same players who were not paid their match bonuses to played their hearts out to win the CAF cup, unto who’s glory?
Tnk God I watched Chelsea- arsenal match that was relayed side by side of the Eagles game.
When has missing penalty become a yard stick for judging a player. Pls let the guy be.
But they didn’t deliver.
The match strategy was faulty.
Passing the ball around in your half is no strategy, has never been.
It appeared as if Nwabali the goalie was the only player desperate to win that match. Eagles basically allowed their opponents to put them under pressure, that’s not strategy.
The Ghanaian🇬🇭 referee killed the game for Nigerians, every moved we made was faulted by the Ghanaian🇬🇭 referee,and that makes our guys changed their original mentalities that could have destroyed the Moroccans. Honestly, it’s very unfortunate CAF doesn’t want good football🏈⚽ to be flowing, the passions in it is gradually dying, and just like what is happening in Nigeria🇳🇬 where they don’t want the best hands✋to rule the country for the betterment of all us. Too bad that these groups of crops of players that could have brought honored to this country has been stopped just like that. God knows!!! Pls, this coach should be retained he has done a great job!!!
That day was their off day in taking penalty. They actually wanted to win
Please Boss such as the game don’t worry we are proud of you.
Let move to the next
Great Coach.
I only felt bad when I saw the Captain Band on Victor Osimehn, I feel it’ll distract him and I saw it did.
Proudly Nigerian.
This may be true. But the losers of the two penalties didn’t play the spot kick with their heart. They looked too pedestrian to ma, while playing the kick.