Former Tremendous Eagles’ striker, Victor Nosa Ikpeba has taken one other take a look at the Nigerian nationwide workforce’s ongoing struggles within the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and opined that the startling conclusion is that the gamers are discovering it arduous to play towards African opponents.
Sports247 reviews that, whereas the 1997 African Footballer of The Yr conceded that the Eagles’ gamers haven’t put in sufficient effort to win essential matches in latest months, he additional identified that plenty of extraneous elements should even be considered.
The previous hitman at AS Monaco of France and Borussia Dortmund of Germany added, “Being a former participant, we attempt to be constructive, and now we have to be supportive. We don’t actually know what is going on within the camp.”
The ex-international striker, who was fondly referred to as ‘Prince of Monaco’ throughout his enjoying days, and is now a soccer analyst on cable tv, additionally charged Tremendous Eagles’ coach, Eric Chelle to search out methods of getting the perfect from his gamers and spur them to play past their limitations.
He identified, “That’s one thing the supervisor ought to find out about. It’s disappointing as a result of there’s plenty of expectation on the workforce.
“You will have this array of uncooked expertise, great gamers who we see enjoying in Europe. This exhibits the difficulties they face in coming again dwelling to play in Africa.
“Despite that, we nonetheless need to query the mentality of those gamers. Throughout my period, we knew what it took to come back and play again right here in Africa.”
He concluded by calling for improved angle and higher effort from all gamers within the Eagles, with a view that willpower would assist them overcome the challenges of enjoying in Africa when on obligation with the nationwide workforce.
Ikpeba averred: “When our boys begin charging themselves whereas enjoying for the nationwide workforce of Nigeria, the outcomes can be higher … as a result of expertise isn’t sufficient to win video games in Africa.
“That’s what we noticed of Egypt on the final Nations Cup, in addition to Morocco, who struggled, although they earlier acquired to the semi-finals of the worldwide competitors. That exhibits the problem of enjoying in Africa.
