Eric Chelle has said he is very proud of his Super Eagles players following their dominant win against Algeria in the AFCON 2025 quarter-final on Saturday.
Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams were the heroes for the Super Eagles as their second half strikes secured a 2-0 win against the Desert Foxes.
Osimhen gave the Super Eagles the lead on 47 minutes with a superb header off a cross from Bruno Onyemaechi.
Just 10 minutes later Adams made it 2-0 as he received a pass from Osimhen, round the keeper and slotted into an empty net.
Following his impressive display, Osimhen was named Man of the Match.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Chelle said:”It was a great game, we played well to win this game and I’m so proud of them (Super Eagles players).
“We work a lot and deserve this victory but this is just one game so if you want to stay ambitious you have to work again because we have a big game in a few days so we will continue to work.”
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles would continue their quest for a fourth continental title, when they will take on hosts Morocco on Wednesday, January 14.
The other semi-final will between Senegal and seven-time AFCON title winners Egypt.
By James Agberebi in Marrakech, Morocco
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This coach you are doing a nice job but please remove osimhen from the assistant captaincy role…appoint another…how can you give leadership to someone that lacks respect for his seniors…the other he almost beat up his teammate…what are we trying to encourage here? Bad morals?
Congratulations Coach Chelle, you have done well and earned a new.contract. The boys are now tracking back to defend what they never did during the qualifiers. They still need to do more tracking back and converting half chances.
Morocco have Brahim Diaz and El Kaabi as threats. God really delivered us from Ekong, otherwise that match could have been different. Ekong conceded the highest number of OWN goals by a defender in Nigeria football history and also scoring the highest by a defender too
The way Osihmen hung in the air for that first goal, perhaps we should start calling him AIR OSIHMEN?
Michael Jordan will be green with envy when he sees that jump.
It’s really unfortunate that we didn’t qualify for the world cup. With all the talents in this squad! Thanks to ONIGBESE NFF! With better administrators, this team would not only have qualified, they would be a contender for the trophy. Thanks to the useless NFF, they are set to miss out on football’s biggest stage!