Former Nigerian international, Etim Esin has urged the Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro to improve his tactics if the team must overcome Zimbabwe in Sunday’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Recall that Nigeria began their campaign on a shaky note after being held 1-1 by Lesotho on Thursday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo.
However, Esin, who is unhappy with the result against Lesotho, called on the Portuguese tactician to get his tactics right against Zimbabwe in order to get the team flying again.
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He made this known in an interview with Completesports.com.
“In the game against Lesotho, you can see that the team was not sound technically and tactically. When Zimbabwe get to know that we played a draw against Lesotho, they will be gear up for Nigeria.
“On paper, a lot of us would have predicted that the Super Eagles will triumph over Zimbabwe but with what happened against Lesotho, it’s hard to predict now.”
“Peseiro must get his tactics right because that was the missing link against Lesotho. Besides, something has to be done technically and drastically for the team to get flying again.”
By Augustine Akhilomen
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The problem with paceiro team is that he wants his players to pass the ball round each other before a goal is scored .. against a. Strong team pls tell him to play 4 4 2 , 4 5 1 in Africa.. wen he is playing European team he can play 4 3 3 .or 3;5 2 for north African team .. Ghana wil play u 6 3 1 to always win Nigeria yet our Coach wil not think of wat to do to dismantle their formation. 1 : 1 in Abuja. Hope we remember against Zimbabwe if paceiro didn’t crowd the middle Zimbabwe wil stil score in the 80 and 92 minutes..
AT FIRST PLACE, WHY NFF EMPLOY INFERIOR COACH FOR A HIGH PROFILE COUNTRY, NIGERIA TEAM. IT IS WE, NIGERIA THAT SUPPOSE TO SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO FOLLOW. BUT IT IS A PITY THAT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DIDN’T HAVE OIL(i.e much money) LIKE GAMBIA, GHANA, TUNISIA, THEY STANDARD COACH.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW FOR SURE, IT IS DUE TO CORRUPTION IN SHARING THE SALARY OF THE COACH.
PASEIRO HAS NOTHING TO OFFER NIGERIA. ME & YOU KNOW THAT, UNLESS WE ARE DECIEVING OURSELVES
WHEN GERNOT ROHR WAS SACK BEFORE AFCON, OVER 89% NIGERIAN WERE UNHAPPY, COMPLAINED THAT THE TIME IS TOO SHORT TO GET A NEW COACH BECAUSE HE IS STILL PERFORM AVERAGELY.
*** BUT AM VERY SURE THAT IF PASEIRO WAS SACK NOW BEFORE AFCON, 95% NIGERIANS WILL NEVER COMPLAIN WHY HE WAS SACK, BECAUSE HE PERFORMED BELOW AVERAGE. HE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER NIGERIA
Peseiro must change his tactic if he would like to success with Super Eagles; so I think he must change his usual formation 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 as former SE Germany coach Rhor has been performing with them, so he can put Aina,Omuero, Ajayi,Onyamaechi- Onyeka,Iwobi,Iheancho-Moses,Tella,Moffi or he can put Aina,Omuero,Ajayi,Onyamaechi-Onyeka,Iwobi- Moses,Iheancho,Tella- Moffi, this formation proves that SE full midfield side so that they can hinder the rival attack, score more goals.
Nigeria is extremely unlucky to have a ye-ye coach like this Portueses guy. Tell me any match he has won for Nigeria; l will tell you he is a fraud. With him in charge of super eagle, we will not go to World Cup. AFCON will be a disaster for Nigeria under this ye-ye questionable coach. Believe me. Awoniyi, Lookman and Aribo were just running around like chickens whose heads were cut-off. They were so pathetic. There is rumor going round that if we lose to Zimbabwe Sunday, some guys are planning to kidnap him and severely punish him before he is release only to get deported back to his Country. This coach should be aware that his life is at stake if we lose this match on Sunday. Enough said.