The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick says newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro told him why Super Eagles didn’t get to the final of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Peseiro will formally take over as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria but according to Pinnick he has already started working behind the scene on how to get off to a flying start with the Super Eagles.
Pinnick said the coach even believe that basic errors cost Super Eagles the chance of playing in the 2018 World Cup final which Croatia, the team they played in the group game lost to France.
“If you look at Peserio, when I was talking to him, he was talking as if he has been coaching the Super Eagles for a long time. He said to me, listen, Nigeria, you played against Croatia in your World Cup opening match, they did not over dominate you.
“It was 45% to 55% ball possession. He then said Croatia eventually played in the final of the World Cup, it could have been Nigeria playing in the final. That maybe one or two things were not done properl”, Pinnick said while speaking on the appointment of the new coach on Arise TV.
