As Tremendous Eagles coach, Eric Sekou Chelle approaches the tenth month margin of his tenure answerable for the Nigerian nationwide staff, the Franco-Malian tactician has given himself a ‘optimistic’ scorecard.
Sports247 stories that, whereas admitting that the job has been scary and stuffed with stress, Chelle identified that the Eagles have made a number of enhancements since he took over in January.
Unbiased checks revealed that the Tremendous Eagles are but to lose a recreation underneath Chelle, and the previous Mali nationwide staff’s handler revived Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification hope by taking his staff into the play-offs.
Chelle has now taken his thoughts again to the start of his days answerable for the Eagles and said in a ‘dialog’ with former nationwide staff sensation and captain, Segun Odegbami that he’s happy with the journey to date.
“I used to be just a little scared due to the stress; however that’s regular in a job like this. It’s all concerning the mind-set (and) I believe the staff has improved since I took over,” Chelle reiterated.
Whereas acknowledging numerous challenges he has confronted in attempting to get the very best outcomes for Nigeria, Chelle confessed that restricted time for coaching is a significant hurdle he all the time has to beat, however he plans his methods for every recreation as they arrive.
“It’s tough to work in this sort of state of affairs. The FIFA window is tight, and also you get possibly simply two coaching classes with the gamers. It’s a must to deal with just one or two choices.
“It’s very tough, however to evaluate my ten months with the Tremendous Eagles, I’ll say now we have improved with each recreation. We’re targeted on every recreation solely, and we don’t take a look at the entire 12 months.
“We take it one recreation at a time, and I believe it’s been very optimistic,” disclosed Chelle, who will now flip his deal with the November thirteenth conflict with Gabon on the World Cup qualification play-offs in Morocco.
Victory over Gabon will take Nigeria into the ultimate on November sixteenth, the place they may meet the winner between Cameroon and DR Congo, following which the highest staff goes to the intercontinental play-offs amongst six international locations subsequent March in Mexico, with two remaining tickets up for grabs.
