Former Tremendous Eagles’ striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has slammed the present Nigerian nationwide crew over what he described as lack of teamwork and poor passing ratio within the squad, Sports247 experiences.
The previous Portsmouth, Leicester Metropolis and Blackburn Rovers of England hitman took one other take a look at the Eagles’ 1-1 draw with South Africa and blamed the setback on lack of steady passing capability among the many Nigerian gamers.
He famous additional that the crew can be responsible of counting on one or two people within the squad, then faulted all critics who scolded skipper of the facet, William Troost-Ekong, for scoring an personal purpose within the sport.
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Yak Assault’ took his thoughts again to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, when he missed a vital scoring likelihood in opposition to Korea, which in the end stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the second spherical, however he reasoned that gamers shouldn’t be abused for making errors whereas taking part in for the nation.
He posited with affirmation, “Earlier than this, folks had been speaking about me lacking a purpose, however now everyone seems to be speaking in regards to the captain, William Ekong, as a result of he scored an personal purpose. So what?
“It occurs, however Nigerians have to know that we shouldn’t be ready to place blame on gamers one after the opposite. They’re now saying it’s due to this man we is not going to go to the World Cup.”
Slightly than take part taking a swipe at Ekong and casting all blame about Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup qualification fiasco on him, ‘Yaku-Bull’ recounted the Eagles’ captain’s property and cited poor teamwork because the squad’s greatest minus.
He reasoned additional, “For me, lacking objectives makes me upset, and I’m unhappy on the aircraft, however that doesn’t imply I ought to get insults. It shouldn’t be so.
“Ekong is a pacesetter in that crew, and although he made a mistake, now we have to confess that South Africa handed the ball higher than us. We couldn’t put collectively six to seven passes.
“We might cross the ball a bit, then kick it lengthy. However, the reality is, we can not construct a crew like that. We don’t play as a crew, and we depend on particular person soccer.”
Yakubu concluded by stressing that correct teamwork and correct passing are primary methods that may assist the Eagles get again to profitable methods, as he posited: “It’s particular person soccer that we play; but we would like (Ademola) Lookman and (Victor) Osimhen to make magic.”
