Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle refused to accept that his decision to substitute midfielder Frank Onyeka and striker Akor Adams played a role in the team’s capitulation in their 3-2 win over Tunisia, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chelle’s team were leading 3-0 but conceded twice in the final 15 minutes of the game, and were lucky to pick all three points with Tunisia ending the game on a high with chances that went begging.
The coach was accused of poor game management as why his team capitulated with his decision to introduce two wingers in Moses Simon and Chidera Ejuke, after taking off a forward in Adams and midfielder in Onyeka.
” My choice of substitutions depends on what happens on the pitch, like I said we did good 75 minutes with high pressure on the pitch and after 75 minutes the Tunisian team arrived to find more, this side they fixed and go to the other side and because now I think you know our system”, he said at the post match presser.
“So this is why I made some substitutes and like I said you cannot do 60, 90 minutes with big high pressure and my team deserved this victory.
“We did some mistakes like the first game, we continue to improve. I think this game is better than the first and I hope that the third game will be better than the second”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
