Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has called on Galatasaray to help the cause of Nigeria playing at the world cup by reducing the work load on Victor Osimhen, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen is the first choice striker of the Nigerian team and will play a leading role in their quest to pick up the ticket to represent Africa at the intercontinental playoff next year.
They will begin their campaign at the mini tournament taking place in Morocco with a game against Gabon, the winner of the tie will face either Congo Dr or Cameroon who will be up against each other in the other semi final.
Looking ahead Chelle emphasized the need to have all of his players fit and available with focus on Osimhen, who missed most of the campaign in the qualifiers through injury and fitness concerns.
” You need all of your players fit and ready for games like that. It’s two games in four days and it requires them fresh. We have to make sure we get our best players in top shape”, the coach said.
” When you look at players like Osimhen, who is the best striker in the world, the need to reduce the load on him is something we hope and plead with his team (Galatasaray). You can see he is very important to them, but also to my team as well”.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
