Have you all noticed that the only winning tactics in Russia is by passing the ball around and knocking your opponents around the pitch till you get a killer pass either through the flanks or down the midfield and ultimately attempt a goal.

What interest us is how most Middle Eastern and African team are on the verge of being knocked out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup or are already knocked out. Morocco, Egypt, Iran, Tunisia, even Senegal have either impressed, or coming back home. What we may have picked up as a lesson from the games are how these teams kicked the ball around and almost beating their super power opponents like Iran vs Spain, Morocco vs Portugal, Egypt vs Russia and few more games you guys probably already know.

Now let’s ask each other, are the Super Eagles playing any close to these teams that have already been eliminated or almost. We always do a long ball at the sign of little pressure from the opposition and then we lose possession and then mark poorly. Most teams mark in packs and run around the field, a good example is the Spain vs Iran game help today Wednesday 20th May 2018. The marking was superb and we can all say that the Spanish goal was a deflection that normally should not result in a goal and that the Iran goal was disqualified added to the issue.

To conclude, all the “we will die there against Iceland” ranting by a member of the Super Eagles will not win that game. If in the first 15 minutes, we continue to do long balls to Ighalo and lose posession every 10 seconds after we get the ball, we can forget winning or having a chance to qualify. Our friendly against england; we played a beautiful Second half and put England in so much pressure because we actually passed the ball around especially in the midfield, it’s how we defeated Argentina in the friendly game help months back.

To every Nigerians that are passionate about the Super Eagles, if you see them losing possessions and playing long ball without knocking the opponent and you see everyone not being involved in tracking back to defend in numbers, you can easily save yourself from impending high BP by shifting your mindset that they wount progress in the tournament.

Not to sound pessimistic, we will beat any team or have a chance to beat any team if we play together, pass the ball around and defend together.

I hope someone gets this message to the Nigerian camp in Russia and some wonderful soccer lovers in Nairaland admin push this to the front page. You may be saving a life. Don’t mind my english or typo error.