Senegal head coach Souleymane Diallo has hailed his team’s solidarity in the victory over the home-based Super Eagles, reports Completeports.com.
Diallo’s side started the defence of their title at the 2024 African Nations Championship with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Nigeria at the Amman Stadium, Zanzibar on Tuesday night.
Christian Gomis scored the decisive goal 15 minutes from time.
Team Effort And Intelligence
Diallo credited his players for putting up a good fight in the keenly contested encounter.
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“It was team solidarity,” Diallo told CAF’s official website.
“We played like a team—high press, counter-press, compact blocks. The players showed character and intelligence.”
Tactical Mastery And Making Right Calls
Diallo explained that they had rehearsed various tactical variants in the build-up to the tournament, allowing them flexibility against different opponents.
His midfield dictated tempo, wingers stretched Nigeria’s defence, and the forwards linked play effectively.
“We’ve worked on our shape for two months. Our midfielders controlled the pace and our wingers exploited the flanks. It paid off today,” Diallo added.
By Adeboye Amosu
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They started two months ago and us a month ago the Nff is a big part of our problem..
Having said that,the Senegalese deserved there win of course they do.They played with more pace and intensity.They’re more comfortable with the ball and created more dangerous chances.There press high up the pitch makes play very difficult for our boys,in my opinion I think the home base coaches were doing a fantastic job and should have left to carry on despite losing almost the entire squad to foreign teams.
Chelle’s tactics needs time to function and that we didn’t have,no thanks to the football authorities.
However,our boys played well but Senegal was more aggressive more experienced have belief and stronger mental health.
I have no doubt we will qualify from this group the Nigerian factor always come to play.We’ll do as usual all that’s required to get the points to take us beyond the group stages,we have the squad to achieve that.We are behind other teams in preparation and that may have affected our performance against Senegal but we have ample time now to catch-up and I’m sure Sudan and Congo won’t get the better of us.Sometimes it’s a blessing to qualify in the group stages from behind….
I’m positive we will finish in the podium we had better possession and pass accuracy than Senegal and there are no many bigger teams than Senegal in Africa and this tournament.
We need strikers with pace because Senegalese defenders were outpacing our strikers and it cost us a few times.I’m sure Chelle we will see what Chelle is cooking up in our subsequent games.
Good luck Chan eagles!!
Oops! Mental strength!!
“We’ve worked on our shape for two months” but our players got into camp 3 weeks ago
Lies who told you guys we started late? Let’s not forget that we started preparations far back in December24/January25 before the Chan was postponed, and Chelle has been in the country keeping in touch with these guys. There has also been several camps months ago.
The bottom line is that our home based structure is long destroyed and the only person that can Champion this league resolution is Hon Kunle the CEO of Remo stars. In advance countries they look at who has the Midas touch and vision to lead before advocating. Example is Motsepe whose influence has shaped the South African league for good.
Let us continue politicising everything and expect excellence in dreamland. Just because some foreign borns has brought about a shift in mentality recently. We assume these locals with negative influence from above will also achieve excellence as well. Life is not governed by formula but rather Honesty is the key to the way up and it starts by telling ourselves the truth of who should be the lead for others to copy. So the conversation should be call for resolution and nothing else like stated above.
Ndi Home base players are good. Ngwa home base Super Eagles can win the world cup. How market na?
This is true.