The senior national team of Nigeria will take on the Mexican senior national team in an international friendly game in Texas as part of their preparation for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers which begins next month.

Jose Peseiro will take charge of the senior national team of Nigeria for the first time in a game which will be played at the AT & T stadium. It’s the first of two games the Nigerian team will play in the United States. The second game is against Ecuador on the 2nd of June.

Fans of the team who wish to see the game will be able to watch it on popular streaming website Hesgoal.com. The game is listed for broadcast. It might likely be streamed on the official Facebook handle of the Nigeria Football Federation as well.

No confirmation yet but sources at the NFF told this portal that the game will likely be streamed on NFF.tv as well if all goes according to plan. The timing for the game cut across two different days base on time zone difference.

In the United States of America it will be played by 7pm on Saturday but for viewers in Nigeria it will be aired by 1am very early on Sunday morning.

The new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has fired a warning to star players of the team saying he isn’t focus on individual talent as his aim is to create a team with good spirit.

Peseiro will for the first time be on the sidelines for the senior national team of Nigeria when they take on Mexico tomorrow morning in an international friendly game in the United States of America.

Ahead of the game, the Portuguese coach spoke with Oma Akatuga of Oma Sports TV on star players of the team which many see as the likes of Wilfred Nididi, Victor Osimhen, Emmanuel Dennis and a host of others.

Asked what he thinks about the individual qualities of the star players in the team, Peseiro said his focus is on creating a team and not one that will be dependent on the individual quality of any star player.

“The most important is the team not the players. In this moment we need to create a group spirit not speak about who is the best player. We need to do the best national team”, he told Oma Sports TV on YouTube.

The senior national team of Nigeria had their final training session ahead of tomorrow’s friendly gone against Mexico, OwnGoalNigeria.com has obtained exclusive details on how the session went.

New coach Jose Peseiro was in charge of the entire session barking out instructions to the players who were 20 in number following the arrival of Feyenoord goal scoring sensation Cyriel Dessers.

Dessers was made to initially train separately from the rest of the team to enable him shake off the stress of flying for the game. He was however added to the group where he excelled as expected.

Per our source, he was lively, quick and precise with his shooting when they had a shooting drill. He looked very much the player who finished as top scorer in the Europa Conference League with ten goals from ten goals.

However he isn’t expected to start against Mexico tomorrow but he is a sure bet to start against Ecuador on the 2nd of June and most likely the first two games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone and Mauritius respectively.

Newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro says he is responsible for any bad result caused by mistake from a player he picked to be a part of his team.

Peseiro will take charge of his first game as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria in the early hours of tomorrow when Nigeria take on Mexico. The game is the first of two games the team will play in the United States of America.

They will take on Ecuador on the 2nd of June and ahead of the game. Talks have been about the first and second choice goalkeppers of the team who have been guilty of costly error in two high profile games.

Okoye was at fault for the goal which handed Tunisia a 1-0 win at the Africa Cup of Nations in the round of 16 which led to their exit. Uzoho didn’t fare any better in the World Cup playoff as he allowed a harmless shot roll under his body to hand Ghana the ticket to the World Cup.

The coach was asked by Germany based Nigerian journalist Oma Akatuga what he thinks about both goalkeppers in the light of attacks from supporters of the team.

“When they attack some players because they commit some mistake. In my opinion they didn’t commit big mistake. If any player commit a mistake and he doesn’t feel the protection from the coach and the staff like he should. He loses confidence”, he told Oma Sports TV.

“Shout is normal, kill all the players who commit mistakes. One day who are the players we will have to play? They most feel from me and the staff the confidence. Who is the one who is guilty? The coach or the player. It’s the coach everytime.

If I choose my players that will play. If I train them and I if I put in mind this guy can play well with our team. If he play bad or if he commits mistake. Who commits the mistake? The coach must accept the mistakes not the players”, he further said.

“Now we have Maduka, now Uzoho. Another mistake we change. Call another. For me I don’t do it. The other thing is the past not the present. For me all the players can play whether you commit mistakes or not before. For me everybody can play for our national team. Tomorrow you get to see which goalkepper is going to play.

” If one player play bad and bad and bad. What do you think the coach can do? Call the player. One mistake is enough to throw him out. One goalkepper 22, the other 23. I don’t think it’s the best”, he concluded.

The first lineup of new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro when they take on Mexico will likely have two players from the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Peseiro has handled the players in two training session with as many as 20 players to pick from and it involves eight players from the Nigeria Professional Football League consisting of two goalkeppers in Olorunleke Ojo and Adewale Adeyinka.

The coach will however pick Cyprus based Francis Uzoho to start in goal ahead of the aforementioned duo but it’s in defence that a player from the NPFL will likely get a look in. For now Plateau United Ibrahim Buhari looks more likey to get the nod.

However it appears Peseiro will go for experience in selecting two out of the trio of Chidozie Awaziem, William Troost Ekong or Semi Ajayi to pair in central defence but the injury to Ola Aina leaves Buhari with a huge chance of making the line up.

While in midfield Akwa United Babatunde Bello looks certain to be involved. He appears to be striking a near perfect understanding with Innocent Bonke in training. Joe Aribo will play as the third player in the middle slightly behind Alex Iwobi.

Iwobi is expected to start in attack with the duo of Moses Simon and Terem Moffi despite the impressive performance of Feyenoord goal king Cyriel Dessers in his only training session with the team. They could also be a debut for Ishaq Rafiu of Rivers United but most likely not from the start.

The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has listed three things players who want to be a part of his team just possess ahead of his first game in charge of the team.

Peseiro will be on the sidelines in the early hours of tomorrow when Nigeria take on Mexico in an international friendly game in Texas, three days later they will take on Ecuador in another friendly game in Dallas.

Speaking to Oma Akatuga on his YouTube channel Oma Sports TV, the 62 year old Portuguese said he isn’t concerned about where players ply their trade but they most have three key qualities to be a part of his team.

“The doors, the national team is open for everybody. Local players, players who are out (abroad) and the others from the academies. It’s open for everybody but you need to know. First to have quality, second the mind, third passion. If they can meet these three points they can play here (Super Eagles)”, he told Oma Sports TV.

“Of course we have many players not only eleven, twenty, thirty, fourthy. In this moment Nigerians have many players before you choose. You will have problem”, he concluded.

The newly appointed chief coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro had his first training session with the 19 players in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of their upcoming friendly games.

Peseiro will on Sunday for the first time lead players of the Nigeria senior national team out when they take on Mexico in an international friendly. It is the first of two games they will play in the United States of America.

Ahead of the game, the coach who will have his first competitive game on the 9th of June when they take on Sierra Leone in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers has already set a target of not just reaching the tournament but also lifting it.

“It’s a pleasure for me to start work with the team. I mean training because I already started work before. We have started the way to play the Africa Cup of Nations and win the Africa Cup of Nations. This is the first step to start the way. These guys they come tired”, he told the NFF media.

“The trip was long but they show today the enthusiasm, the motivation, they trained with happiness. They know for us to reach that AFCON. We want to win that AFCON. Yes it’s there in 2023 but we must start today by improving our spirit, improve our cohesion. The guys were fantastic in training today”, he concluded.

Meanwhile the main highlight of the training drills by the coach was the emphasis on quick passing and also movement which he demonstrated using several methods. He was also particular about positioning.

A total of 19 players are currently in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of the first of their two friendly games in the United States of America.

Nigeria will take on Mexico in a high profile game at the AT & T stadium in Texas on the 28th of May and it will be the first game for newly appointed coach of the team Jose Peseiro.

Peseiro already has the compliment of around 19 players to work with for the first game with more players expected to be in camp before the second game against Ecuador on the 2nd of June.

Already the Portuguese coach has started making his mark in the team by first of all extending invitation to as many as 12 players out of which four are already in camp and they include Terem Moffi, Innocent Bonke, Francis Uzoho and Chidozie Awaziem. He gave the latter his debut while he was coach at FC Porto.

The players he extended call ups to were not originally in the official list of players called up but Peseiro included them to grow the visa pool in the event of any not getting visa. Something that has happened with certain players. Uzoho as first reported by this portal is already in camp.

Awaziem hasn’t been a part of the squad since after the Africa Cup of Nations where he was a bit part player due to injury and fitness concerns. He has been handed a recall by Peseiro who gave him his first taste of senior football at FC Porto.

Below is the list of the players presently in the camp of the team.

Adeyinka, Olorunleke, Buhari, Madu, Rafiu, Mbaoma, Sanni, Bello, Aina, Ajayi, Ekong, Simon, Iwobi, Bassey, Aribo, Moffi, Bonke, Awaziem, Uzoho.

The newly appointed head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro earlier today had a meeting with his technical crew which consist of three assistants he brought along with him.

Among the assistants is 41 year old Acacio Santos who will work with him as first assistant coach although the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced ex international Finidi George as the first assistant of the Portuguese coach.

Santos however comes highly recommended from Roma Europa Conference League winning coach Jose Mourinho who is one of the referees in the CV of the new coach of Nigeria. He started his coaching in 2010 at Uniao Leira and he last coached União Desportiva de Santarém, a Portuguese football club based in Santarém in central Portugal. They play in the 3rd nacional division.

He holds a UEFA Pro coaching license and just like his principal Peseiro he hasn’t lasted more than one year at every where he has worked the past ten years. Per records available to us this is the first time the duo will be working together.

Peseiro’s son Vitor Hugo will work as the match analyst. The 38 year old worked with his father as first assistant at his last job post which was at Venezuela. A role different from his present designation. It was his first job in senior management but in the Super Eagles set up he will work with Eboboritse Uwejamomere, who was appointed as match analyst by the Nigeria Football Federation.

34 year old Maykel Moreira will act as the fitness coach and he has a UEFA A license according to his LinkedIn profile. He has worked at Gil Vicente, Leixoes, CD Cova Piedade and Al Hazm in Saudi Arabia happens to be the last place he worked.

The trio will work with the Nigerian assistants appointed by the NFF in Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf, Usman Abdallah and Ike Shorunmu who will be the goalkepper’s coach.

The newly appointed head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro earlier today had a meeting with his technical crew which consist of three assistants he brought along with him.

Among the assistants is 41 year old Acacio Santos who will work with him as first assistant coach although the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced ex international Finidi George as the first assistant of the Portuguese coach.

Santos however comes highly recommended from Roma Europa Conference League winning coach Jose Mourinho who is one of the referees in the CV of the new coach of Nigeria. He started his coaching in 2010 at Uniao Leira and he last coached União Desportiva de Santarém, a Portuguese football club based in Santarém in central Portugal. They play in the 3rd nacional division.

He holds a UEFA Pro coaching license and just like his principal Peseiro he hasn’t lasted more than one year at every where he has worked the past ten years. Per records available to us this is the first time the duo will be working together.