Former Nigerian international Garba Lawal has hailed Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle for introducing attacking football to the team.
Lawal stated this on the backdrop of Nigeria’s impressive performance at the just-concluded 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, where the team finished in third place.
In a chat with Footy Africa, Lawal stated Chelle’s attacking football has made teams scared of the Super Eagles.
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“He has done well and brought attacking football to the team, and that’s why we scored a lot of goals. Teams are scared of us.
“It’s difficult, because last AFCON we got to the final and this time we played well and managed to pick bronze.
“That’s football for you. He has done well overall, but the NFF will decide if he should continue.”
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Which kain attacking football?
When it mattered most, in over 120 minutes we could not score.
We struggled against Morocco because when we start an attacking move, ref go blow whistle.
It’s tough to get an attack going when the ref keeps blowing nonsense.
The ref’s whistle was the toughest defender Nigeria faced that day. He used his whistle to disrupt and repel many Nigeria attacks.
And against Egypt, we actually had the ball in their net two times. Again, VAR and the ref no gree.
We had quite a few goals disallowed in this tournament.
Preach Pompeii, preach. This is a powerful point well put @Pompei.