Ex-international and AFCON 2013 winner, Benedict Akwuegbu, has said poor tactics led to the senior national team’s lackluster performance.
The UK-based soccer merchant wondered why the team did not play an attacking foorball.
“We played poorly, the coach, Jose Peseiro, played wrong tactics and that was the reason we couldn’t win the match.
“How can Peseiro play with lone striker in this type of match, this is our first match and we need two strikers upfront.
“Our midfielders should have held on to the ball a bit, while Peseiro should have deployed Moses Simon on the right and Samuel Chukwueze on the left to feed Osimhen.
“We should have played more attacking football and put the Guineans under pressure, we need not defend against a country that is not so good,” he said in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Akwuegbu claimed that Nigeria did not play against a big country, so the tactical approach should have been to attack and not defend.
“We should have put pressure on the Guineans and not allow them play and build confidence. If we attack well, Osimhen can score three goals,” he said.
