Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has called on the Confederation of African Football ( CAF) to look into deliberate acts by some teams when it comes to playing against his team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chelle was speaking on the backdrop of the Super Eagles 0-3 defeat away to Guinea-Bissau in Bissau in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers. The game was played on a pitch that had clubs warning their players against playing there..
The coach said the condition of the pitch limited his players a whole lot, and lamented that it’s not the first time it’s happening to his team away from home in recent times.
” I remember we had to play against South Africa on a pitch that wasn’t good enough for the magnitude of the game we played. Now the pitch in Bissau. Sometimes I believe teams do this to limit the way we play with involves lot of passes and movements”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
He however challenged his players to rise to the occasion when faced with such a setback, because excuses after a defeat doesn’t make sense.
” We have to find a way to do our job. Because when you lose people don’t want to hear excuses. So it’s what I told my players all the time and hopefully we will do it”, he stated.
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