The senior national team of Nigeria will tomorrow take on Ghana in an international friendly game in the Morrocan city of Marrakesh, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria will be handled by caretaker coach Finidi George who has been put in temporary charge pending the appointment of a substantive coach, following the exit of Jose Peseiro upon the expiration of his contract at the end of last month.
Peseiro guided the Super Eagles to a second place finish at the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, they were beaten by the host in the final of the tournament. Finidi was one of his assistants.
Super Eagles mostly played a 3-4-3 formation at the tournament bar the opening game, where they played a 4-3-3 formation. Their approach was largely condemned as being too defensive by most Nigerians especially in the final game defeat.
It appears Finidi has taken the first step towards ensuring that the team play with less freedom and also more offensive in their approach. This much was made known to us by a senior player in the team.
” At the AFCON, we were very defensive and the new coach want us to play differently, which is to be more offensive but that is not saying we shouldn’t defend as well. You will see a different approach tomorrow”, he said.
