Olatunde Disu, former Technical Director, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Monday, said that the Super Eagles needed the services of natural left wingers to have an edge over other teams in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Disu made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reflecting on the chances of the senior national team at the coming AFCON 2019 to be hosted by Egypt.

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, is scheduled to be the 32nd edition of the competition.

The tournament will hold from June 21 to July 19, 2019, and will see the Eagles making their 17th appearance in the competition having first qualified in 1963 held in Ghana.

Nigeria are three times champions of the tournament winning on home soil in 1980 with Disu an assistant coach, after then they won the tournament in Tunisia 1994 and South Africa 2013.

The team will be chasing its fourth glory when the tournament gets underway in Egypt in Group B being what many pundits term an easy group that includes Madagascar, Burundi and Guinea.

However, Disu said that for the Gernot Rohr’s team to excel, they needed an infusion of natural left footers to effectively contribute to the attacking lineups.

“The team is presently doing well and with what is on ground as my own assessment, the team equally needs the services of natural left footers to join the attack.

“Tracing back to history when the team was dominant on the continent, we have natural left-footers who were always joining the attackers to score goals.

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Great Nigerian SE natural left footers in the past,(1980s) who made significant impact.
Felix Owolabi,
Adokie Amasiamaka,
Humphrey Edobor,
Friday Elaiho,
Emmanuel Amuneke,
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