The coach of the national senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has revealed the big difference between his current team and his former Mali team, reports Owngoalnigeria.com.
Chelle was in charge of the National Senior Mali team from 2002 until last year, when he was fired from work after a performance not too impressive in the World Cup qualifiers.
He handled the team in 21 games, where they won 13, drawn five and lost only three playing an attack style in their 4-3-1-2 favorite popularly called Diamond Formation.
Appointed as coach of the Nigerian team three months ago, the 47-year-old who began his term with a 2-0 victory to Rwanda before a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at home will lead the team for the unit of the unit in England.
The friendly tournament will see his team face Ghana on May 28 before facing Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago three days later in the other tournament game.
At the conference prior to the game for Wednesday’s game, he was asked to explain the big difference between the Super Eagles and his former team. “” In the Malian team we were strong in the center of the countryside, and with the Nigeria team I think we are also strong in the center of the field, but we are very strong in the attack, “he said.