Super Eagles’ The coach, Eric Sekou Chelle, is taking stock of his first five games with the Nigerian national team and hinted that he is satisfied with the progress they have already achieved under him, but acknowledged that he still has more work to do.
Sports247 informs that Friday’s friendly against Russia was Chelle’s fifth game by the Eagles and, although many fans were satisfied with the 1-1 draw they obtained in Moscow, the Gaffer promised to continue working hard to ensure that the Nigerian team continues to improve.
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Instead of feeling satisfied that he has not yet lost a single game after five exits with the Eagles, Chelle promised to keep the accelerator’s feet and make sure that his mandate to the helm of the Nigerian team continues to progress.
The result of Friday to Russia to Russia in a friendly International High Profile was the third Chelle draw since the team took over, after a 1-1 dead point at home with Zimbabwe in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the end of 2-2 while full time with Jamaica last weekend in the final of the Unity Cup, which Nigeria later won 5-4 with penalties.
Although some critics qualify it on the average with three five-game raffles, the Franco-Malian tactic prefers to look on the positive side and promised that the team will work in all the lessons learned during this international window, which is done before the World Cup qualifiers are resumed in September.
Eric Chelle declared: “The main lesson is that we need to work and need to improve. We need to continue working with this project and with this identity.”
The former chief coach of Mali and MC Oran de Algeria also talked about the basic concepts of his party strategy, as he revealed: “Our style is that we want the ball to return to the field. That is why you see us playing with intensity.”
His next exit will be at home against Rwanda, after which they will play South Africa, both in the continuation of the race to Canada-Mexico 2026, the first World Cup to be organized by three countries.
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