Tremendous Eagles’ coach, Eric Sekou Chelle has denied hypothesis that his group will ‘play protected’ throughout their final group match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in opposition to Uganda, with a purpose to keep away from accidents.
Sports247 gathered that hypothesis goes spherical soccer circles that Chelle may also discipline a weakened squad for the reason that Eagles have already certified for the second spherical.
The group will end high of Gropu C even when they draw Tuesday’s recreation at Complexe Sportif de Fès, thereby rendering the tie largely a formality conflict and Chelle might use it to relaxation gamers forward of their spherical of 16 fixture.
Nonetheless, whereas admitting that Stanley Nwabali, Frank Onyeka and Victor Osimhen are nursing accidents, Chelle insisted that he’ll discipline a robust squad since all 28 gamers in camp are ok.
He expatiated, “Loads of gamers need to play for this group, and I’ve to make my decisions. All of them should play, so we’ll resolve at our final coaching session earlier than the sport.”
Chelle went on to refute stories that he’s already planning forward of the following spherical, insisting as a substitute that the main target for now could be solely on tips on how to defeat Uganda this Tuesday in Fès.
He reiterated, “I feel that is the very best match for us, and we’re absolutely centered on what we need to obtain. We’re solely centered on our group and our group mission.
“We’ve got nothing to fret about, and we see nothing other than what we intention at attaining. For certain, we need to win, and I’m taking a look at getting the very best place for my group.”
Nonetheless, whereas affirming that the goal for Tuesday’s recreation is to win their third match in a row, Chelle hinted that two or three gamers would possibly get to function for the primary time at AFCON 2025, as he believes anybody referred to as upon could be as much as the duty.
The previous coach of Mali and MC Oran of Algeria submitted, “A man might solely play for 5 minutes of AFCON or any match and produce victory by scoring the final aim.
“That is about administration, not about respect for anybody within the match. All people deserves an opportunity to do one thing. For me, I need to put out the very best group at this second.
“I need to win this recreation, the gamers need to win, and all people desires to win. So, I’ll attempt to choose the very best gamers for the second.”
