Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has given his opinion ahead of tomorrow’s high profile friendly game against Portugal, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
World Cup bound Portugal are using the game to prepare for the tournament, and will play their opening game against an African opposition in DR Congo on the 17th of June.
Many have cited their opening game as the reason behind the choice of Nigeria for their final test game, because of their similar approach but Chelle disagree with that notion.
“This is not a lack of respect but you cannot compare Nigeria and DRC. I don’t think about who is the best team. I think about style and the philosophy, but I think they want to play an African team maybe because of the intensity of the game”, he explained.
“You know when I speak about that I mean physically so this is a good opportunity for Portugal to play against us, because we already play DRC in the playoff we lost on penalties. So maybe they want to see the way we can play against them”, he stated.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
