Former Nigeria international Ifeanyi Udeze has accused players of Super Eagles B team of playing individual football with the hope of selling themselves to foreign clubs.
The Super Eagles B got their campaign at this year’s CHAN with a 1-0 defeat to champions Senegal in Group D.
A defensive blunder saw Christian Gomis put the Teranga Lions 1-0 ahead with 15 minutes left to play in the game.
The defeat means the Super Eagles B are bottom in the group after Sudan and Congo played 1-1 in the early kickoff.
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Reacting to the defeat, Udeze urged the players to play more as a team because they are in a tournament.
“Eric Chelle must now play the role of a psychologist, he needs to tell the players to play as a team and stop playing individual football because this is a tournament,” Udeze said on Brila FM. “They see this tournament as an opportunity to sell themselves to foreign clubs.”
The 2002 FIFA World Cup star, however, expressed hope Eric Chelle’s side will progress from the group stage, provided they do the right thing.
He added:”I saw a lot of mistakes and I believe Eric Chelle also saw the mistakes but I still have hope they will come out of the group but like I said they need to play more as a team and stop playing individual football.”
The Super Eagles B will hope to bounce back in their next fixture against Sudan on August 12.
By James Agberebi
4 Comments
Chelle did not see nothing because he started the mistake by benching the league’s highest scorer not until 4mins to the end of the match. The Chelle of Mali is not the Chelle of Nigeria. I suspect corruption in his selections and don’t expect anything from a corrupt coach.
Nigeria can not win anything without foreign borns, because everything made in Nigeria is nothing to write home about because of the darkness in the country. When was the last time we had a God fearing leader as President if we ever had? Moderator if you hide the truth may God hide your destiny try God!
At Chima, can you guy talk with sense once. To you everybody is corrupt. I watched the match it was not coach error at all. Just as Udeze said, they were just playing to showcase themselves. I believe the outcome would have thought them lessons. I’m expecting team work in the next match.
Hahahaha…..the scales have finally fallen of your eyes……LMAOoo.
You were one of the loudmouths who used to advocate for homebased players….LMAOoo….insulting me of having inferiority complex and believing everything foreign is better.
Thanks be to the Almighty for rescuing you from the darkness of the ghettos where you were shitting in in Africa….LMAOoo. I am begining to notice a slow but steady enlightenment of your mind ever since you changed your environment.
If what we saw yesterday is what the best from our league have to offer then lets all just agree we don’t have a league and look elsewhere for help. I have said this since ages ago and will never stop saying it….LMAOoo
Conversely, sprinkle just 3 or 4 foreign based players into this same team and you will see a marked difference.
Ndi Westerhof used to use homebased players are begining to see the light….LMAOoo
Ndi home base players are good. Ngwa flood the Super Eagles with home base players. Una see Una sef. The local league is wack. Period