Lagos, March 30, 2015 (NAN)Following Sunday’s 1-1 away drawn friendly
game with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, some stakeholders have called for
patience with Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
The stakeholders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after
the match said the present crop of Eagles “were work in progress’’.
Ramson Madu, an Assistant coach of Heartland FC of Owerri said the
team would improve with time.
“Although their first friendly game against the Cranes of Uganda at
home was disappointing, I believe they will perform well in future,’’
he said.
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Isa Akor, a player with the “Naze Millionaires’’, as Heartland were
widely known, said the players would need more matches to be able to
understand one another on the pitch.
“With more matches they will do well; what is needed in the team now
is for players to sharpen their reflexes,” he said.
He called on the handlers to look inwards into the various leagues to
pick outstanding players.
Obinna Anyamele, a Marketing Manager of Guinness Nigeria PLC., the
sponsors of the Eagles, said there was still room for improvements.
“The guys are doing well but have not sufficiently imbibed the killer
instinct as well as the right technical input envisaged in a big
team in the making,’’ he said.
He, then, appealed to fans in the country to stand firm with the team
in order for them to play their hearts out.
“If they know that Nigerian’s are massively behind them, they will
play with the interest of the nation at heart,” Anyamele said. (NAN)