Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, has set his sight on winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Côte d’Ivoire with the Nigerian side.
Peseiro is set to take charge of the Super Eagles in an international friendly with the Foxes of Algeria on Tuesday.
The Super Eagles will play against the Algerian B team in a test match in Constantine on Friday (today) before the Tuesday match.
Peseiro in an interview with NFF TV expressed excitement about the Algeria friendly, noting that it serves to prepare the team ahead of next year’s showpiece.
He said, “It feels good and I’m happy for the opportunity to play against Algeria because we need to improve our national team.
“I repeat I want to win the next AFCON and for that, we need to improve our national team, we need to improve our dynamics, we need to improve our organization in and outside the field.
“You need to create a connection with the players, create a relationship inside and outside the field for the players to build a great national team so that’s our goal.”
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Commenting on his monitoring of Nigerian players, he said, “We have many good players so I believe we can achieve success with our national which made me say I want to win the AFCON because I know the players.
“Me and my staff keep watching many matches around the world concerning the performance of the players and like I said the national team is open for everybody.“
Speaking on Wildred Ndidi’s injury, he said, “When Ndidi came the fitness coach at Leicester communicated with our fitness coach because we have that relationship with them, so he said Ndidi complained about a slight injury in their last match.
“So when he (Ndidi) came he did training without intensity, did a small training but felt something in his hamstring and did an MRI scan. So I decided it’s better we don’t use him because I am not going to use a player in a friendly when he can suffer more injuries.”
The Eagles lead the Group A in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers after winning their first twi matches.
Source: Complete Sports
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