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Nigeria senior national team head coach Austine Eguavoen says Super Eagles first-choice striker Victor Osimhen will thrive in the system he has in mind for the team when they take on Benin Republic and Rwanda on September 7 and 10 respectively in the AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen did not have the best of times at the AFCON despite Nigeria making it all the way to the final of the tournament, which ended with just one goal in the team’s opening match at the tournament which ended in a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea.
Former manager Jose Peseiro’s style has been widely blamed for the poor form of the 25-year-old, who recently secured a season-long loan deal with Turkey-based Galatasaray from Italian Serie A side Napoli.
Speaking ahead of the match against Benin Republic, Eguavoen said the team will play an attacking formation, which will help the team’s striker chances and mentioned Osimhen in particular as a player he hopes will benefit the most from the system.
“We (the Super Eagles) are going to go for the goal because that is what is needed to win games. So our formation will allow the forwards to get into scoring positions to win the game,” he said.
On Osimhen, who is expected to arrive at the team camp tomorrow following the conclusion of his loan, 48 hours before the game at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.
“He (Osimhen) is our tall man in attack and he is motivated to play these games for us. The idea is to get him to his best with the right training so he can thrive.”
