As much as Pesieros record looks poor, but to be fair, he wasn't the reason we lost yesterday. If Chukwueze, Osimhen, Simon and Lookman composed themselves better, we would have scored 3 goals between them.

Tactically, Pesiero withdrew Iwobi and made him the ball progressor in CM next to Ndidi whose limitation is well known. Most of the build-up play went through Iwobi as a result and it was OK and we dominated as expected against a lesser opposition.

The fault line for me was the attackers who looked to make hasty decisions when they were close to goal. There was simply no calmness or clarity in thought when we got close to their goal which is sad. Crosses were over hit, final passes were misplaced and shots were poor.

Uzoho for me, had one job. He had to be quicker off his line, since the team was pressing high up the pitch. A keeper like Ederson would swept the ball away before the Guinean made contact with the ball.
Lessons

Kog45:
Oga code,pls stop disrespecting other players just cuz of Victor Osimehn.Are you saying,Kelechi Iheanacho,Simon Moses and Paul Onuachu are mediocre and Osimehn should boycott eagles seeing their names on the list....I watched the match through the link provided here and I want to say Osimehn was poor yesterday just like other players....Time to stop exonerating Osimehn if eagles played poorly.

The point is before they start their over-dribbling they should make sure the S.E is leading the match.

They should feed the strikers more than trying to take the glory and the strikers too should learn to stay onside and stop going for the same crosses.

BascoVanVeli:
Boy o boy. Ola Aina is in big trouble when it comes to that RB slot. Bright Osayi Samuel is a Big Beast. I don't think he has set a foot wrong since coming in the team. His connection with Samu yesterday was so beautiful to watch.

Ola Aina will walks straight into this eagles starting eleven....my takes give me Aina as LB and Ebuehi or Osayi as RB...I don’t fancy Sanusi and Bassey as LB

Barryseal:
As much as Pesieros record looks poor, but to be fair, he wasn't the reason we lost yesterday. If Chukwueze, Osimhen, Simon and Lookman composed themselves better, we would have scored 3 goals between them.

Tactically, Pesiero withdrew Iwobi and made him the ball progressor in CM next to Ndidi whose limitation is well known. Most of the build-up play went through Iwobi as a result and it was OK and we dominated as expected against a lesser opposition.

The fault line for me was the attackers who looked to make hasty decisions when they were close to goal. There was simply no calmness or clarity in thought when we got close to their goal which is sad. Crosses were over hit, final passes were misplaced and shots were poor.

Uzoho for me, had one job. He had to be quicker off his line, since the team was pressing high up the pitch. A keeper like Ederson would swept the ball away before the Guinean made contact with the ball.
Lessons

Barry man,I thought it was Nigeria vs Guinea Bissau not Nigeria vs Morocco...I hate stats or theoretical analysis when a team lost to very low team,truly it happens in football but this team needs better coaching and Peseiro is failing in this regard.

BascoVanVeli:



When did he overdo?

There were instances yesterday where he should have cross the ball or make a cut back. Osimehn was free on one occasion but he decided to dribble back and give the pass to Chuks. He needs to be decisive.

Joebie:
Sacking Rohr was the right thing. As a team you want to progress. The problem is we didn’t go for an upgrade.

We had no business sacking Rohr few weeks before AFCON 2021, a tournament he qualified us for with relative ease(again).

I was of the opinion that he should have been allowed to play that tournament and then eventually sacked if he didn't take us at least the final. That should have been the ultimatum.

People complain about how he spent 5 years in charge of the team without winning a trophy but then I ask "How many tournaments were held during Rohr's time?". The answer is two. Just two tournaments i.e 2018 World Cup and 2019 AFCON.


Were you expecting him to win the 2018 world cup?

Were you expecting him to win the 2019 AFCON; a tournament which prior to his appointment we failed to qualify for in back to back editions?


Let's look at the AFCON stats:

2013 AFCON (Keshi) : Winners.

2015 AFCON: Failed to Qualify.

2017 AFCON: Failed to Qualify.



Rohr was appointed and then:

2019 AFCON: Won Bronze(Third Place)



Eguavoen was appointed and then:

2021 AFCON: Eliminated at Round of 16.


Rohr should have at least been allowed to play AFCON 2021. His sack would have then been justified if he failed.

Chukwueze should add 'R2' or curlers to his game and he'll be unstoppable.

COOL10:




We had no business sacking Rohr few weeks before AFCON 2021, a tournament he qualified us for with relative ease(again).

I was of the opinion that he should have been allowed to play that tournament and then eventually sacked if he didn't take us at least the final. That should have been the ultimatum.

People complain about how he spent 5 years in charge of the team without winning a trophy but then I ask "How many tournaments were held during Rohr's time?". The answer is two. Just two tournaments i.e 2018 World Cup and 2019 AFCON.


Were you expecting him to win the 2018 world cup?

Were you expecting him to win the 2019 AFCON; a tournament which prior to his appointment we failed to qualify for in back to back editions?


Let's look at the AFCON stats:

2013 AFCON (Keshi): Winners.

2015 AFCON: Failed to Qualify.

2017 AFCON: Failed to Qualify.



Rohr was appointed and then:

2019 AFCON: Won Bronze(Third Place)



Eguavoen was appointed and then:

2021 AFCON: Eliminated at Round of 16.


Rohr should have at least been allowed to play AFCON 2021. His sack would have then been justified if he failed.

By sacking Rohr, NFF took one of the best decisions ever. Unfortunately, Paseiro seems worse.

It's time to sack Paseiro. Not just sacking, Nigeria need to ban him from entering our country and write to FIFA to withdraw his badge.

zuchyblink:

I have been vindicated over and over again. I saw how limited our players were and the man was squeezing out results but we wanted to play like Man City with Ekuke Midfielders,defenders and below average goalkeepers

True. We do not have enough technical players to play the kind of beautiful football we want. Apart from Alex Iwobi, Leon Balogun and Kelechi Iheanacho, I don't think there's any other player who understands the basics of football technicality. Everyone is playing Gra Gra football. Push me, I push you. One route football.


Alex Iwobi grew up in the Arsenal Academy and then played for the first team so it's only natural for him to be that technical. Iheanacho played for Man City, so his technicality is not a surprise.

But for others? 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

Utonwanne:


By sacking Rohr, NFF took one of the best decisions ever. Unfortunately, Paseiro seems worse.

It's time to sack Paseiro. Not just sacking, Nigeria need to ban him from entering our country and write to FIFA to withdraw his badge.

I don't think Peseiro is going anywhere anytime soon oh 🤣🤣🤣

bossto:
At this point, I don't mind having nwakali a few good midfielders in NPLF in the midfield, Nwakali is slow but even Mikel Obi was, his talent is evident.

A game is mostly won in the midfield but we keep reminding our inept and clueless coaches how important it is to have performing midfielders in our team regardless of where they ply their trades.

Nwakali is a talent, every midfielder mustn't be a work horse, we need midfielders with football sense who can make right passes in a split second.

Secondly, we don't have a coach and we seriously need one

FR was the midfield our problem yesterday? IMO, a flat-foot mistake from the defense cost us a goal and the lack of synergy in the attack prevented us from scoring. We dominated the middle from the beginning of the game till the end.

One serious problem I notice in our team is how going behind puts our attackers in so much tension that they begin to lose the ability to work together, They become impatient, agitated and end up not scoring.

Going behind is normal, we need to take things easily and calmly so that we nip our chances. Nobody will beat them even if they lose a hundred matches.

mostob:
There were instances yesterday where he should have cross the ball or make a cut back. Osimehn was free on one occasion but he decided to dribble back and give the pass to Chuks. He needs to be decisive.

U just described playing it safe. If he had tried to dribble everyone and Shoot u can say overdo.

Like I just said Mr Ineedmoney, that can happen to any player. I can't count the number of times napoli players do the same with Osimhen.

Barryseal:
As much as Pesieros record looks poor, but to be fair, he wasn't the reason we lost yesterday. If Chukwueze, Osimhen, Simon and Lookman composed themselves better, we would have scored 3 goals between them.

Tactically, Pesiero withdrew Iwobi and made him the ball progressor in CM next to Ndidi whose limitation is well known. Most of the build-up play went through Iwobi as a result and it was OK and we dominated as expected against a lesser opposition.

The fault line for me was the attackers who looked to make hasty decisions when they were close to goal. There was simply no calmness or clarity in thought when we got close to their goal which is sad. Crosses were over hit, final passes were misplaced and shots were poor.

Uzoho for me, had one job. He had to be quicker off his line, since the team was pressing high up the pitch. A keeper like Ederson would swept the ball away before the Guinean made contact with the ball.
Lessons

points well understood but there is no how Uzoho would get to that ball. Akpors and Bassey were the main culprits.

hatakekakashi:
Chukwueze should add 'R2' or curlers to his game and he'll be unstoppable.

Man wasted 2 good opportunities yesterday.

BascoVanVeli:

U just described playing it safe. If he had tried to dribble everyone and Shoot u can say overdo.

Like I just said Mr Ineedmoney, that can happen to any player. I can't count the number of times napoli players do the same with Osimhen.

He had the simpler option but decided to make everything complicated.

No wonder Napoli has not been releasing Osihmen for us , we make his value go down

COOL10:



True. We do not have enough technical players to play the kind of beautiful football we want. Apart from Alex Iwobi, Leon Balogun and Kelechi Iheanacho, I don't think there's any other player who understands the basics of football technicality. Everyone is playing Gra Gra football. Push me, I push you. One route football.


Alex Iwobi grew up in the Arsenal Academy and then played for the first team so it's only natural for him to be that technical. Iheanacho played for Man City, so his technicality is not a surprise.

But for others? 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

Sadiq umar is also technical
Also olisah ndah

charlesemeka85:
hot trash 🤣🤣🤣🤣

. Hahahahahahaahahh

BascoVanVeli:

U just described playing it safe. If he had tried to dribble everyone and Shoot u can say overdo.

Like I just said Mr Ineedmoney, that can happen to any player. I can't count the number of times napoli players do the same with Osimhen.

All Osayi had to do was run past the defender and put a low cross into box he didn't have to stop and pass back or dribble anyone.

He ran past the defender on more than one occasion and failed to cross.

hatakekakashi:
Chukwueze should add 'R2' or curlers to his game and he'll be unstoppable.

He needs to learn to shoot on target first before learning how to curve the ball.

If he knew how to curve the ball then he would have been a good crosser.

Which also means he won't have blasted the ball but he would have crossed the ball calmly into the net.

In fact all he had to do was lob the ball into the net.

Just seen the highlights of the match. On a good day we were winning that match with a 3 goal lead. Too many chances went to waste that you can't really blame the coach. G/ bissau just came to defend and counter. The next match we should play moffi and osihmen together. Simon should start over lookman.

Amedino99:
Just seen the highlights of the match. On a good day we were winning that match with a 3 goal lead. Too many chances went to waste that you can't really blame the coach. G/ bissau just came to defend and counter. The next match we should play moffi and osihmen together. Simon should start over lookman.

were you expecting Guinea to come out to play instead of defending?

Amedino99:
Just seen the highlights of the match. On a good day we were winning that match with a 3 goal lead. Too many chances went to waste that you can't really blame the coach. G/ bissau just came to defend and counter. The next match we should play moffi and osihmen together. Simon should start over lookman.

Anyone who watches the highlights would see that we would have won that game with a high margin
Is it the coach's fault if the players missed chances?
He set them up to create chances and they did
On another day, GB would have chopped 4 nil with the same players and coach
It was just not our day

Jose Peseiro's post match thoughts


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_M4omUINI

Philosopher1979:



Sadiq umar is also technical
Also olisah ndah

I don't watch much of Orlando Pirates matches so I can't comment on Olisa Ndah. I agree on Sadiq, he's quite technical but the thing is, technicality goes beyond knowing how to dribble.

elyte89:


It would av been very embarrassing 🙈

Dem go too beat us like tif wey steal phone for computer village😊😊

🤣🤣

enomakos:
forget etebo
Even if he was there we will still lost

You are not sure are you?

With his running and energy to burn he might just be the one providing Osimhen those passes, and at same time breaking up the play from them,

Mind you, Etebo got a knack for outside shots, and can cross the ball too

BascoVanVeli:
Jose Peseiro's post match thoughts


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_M4omUINI

Gosh. This guy's English is REALLY horrible. I struggled to understand most of what he said. Even Gernot Rohr spoke much better English than this.

If Peseiro can't even communicate basic thoughts to the media, how does he explain advanced tactical instructions to the team? How does he do one-on-one talks and motivate the players? This is certainly a major handicap and must not be overlooked.

I know there are non-English coaches such as Mourinho and Klopp coaching successfully in England but they speak far better English than this.

In future, I suggest the NFF includes fluency in spoken English as part of their criteria for hiring coaches.

Joebie:
If na Guinea we for manage am. But na Guinea Bissau

🤣🤣 Guinea Bissau showed you folks bizzare things

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do4luv14:



You are not sure are you?

With his running and energy to burn he might just be the one providing Osimhen those passes, and at same time breaking up the play from them,

Mind you, Etebo got a knack for outside shots, and can cross the ball too

One habit our players have that affect the team's performance is their poor decision making on the ball.. Some are fond of holding on to the ball unnecessary.. Etebo is very guilty of that..in fact it's an aspect of his game that makes him a liability to the team.. His presence yesterday won't have made any difference...

Nothing spoil.. we will secure qualification for the AFCON if we win the return leg...it's all good....
Since some people are convinced that the pitch was the main reason why we lost, let's hope that the Guinea Bissau pitch is better than ours... The stadium apparently got a last minute approval from CAF, otherwise we would have played the return leg in Morocco on that pitch we thrashed Sao Tome

Kog45:
Barry man,I thought it was Nigeria vs Guinea Bissau not Nigeria vs Morocco...I hate stats or theoretical analysis when a team lost to very low team,truly it happens in football but this team needs better coaching and Peseiro is failing in this regard.

Shock results like that do happen every now and then. To be objective, the Guineans didn't deserve the victory based on the balance of play but regardless history will always record they beat Nigeria in Abuja.
On a better pitch, those overhit final passes will connect and we won't be having this discussion.