Flying Eagles assistant coach, Abimbola Samuel has revealed that the team's attack and midfield were the lapses identified in the team's 1-1 draw against the junior national team of Libya in a warm up game played Monday night.
The Gateway of Abeokuta handler told Ijaw boy that cold weather as a major reason for the team's average performance in the encounter adding that the match officials was not at his best and wanted to win the game for his home team.
" The team did well under the circumstances they found themselves and I must confess that they did well. We have been training in a hot region before now and the team felt that slight change in the opening stages of the game. The boys were too anxious to impress the bench that they were ready to for the championship"
"It was a game that we could have won easily. We would be working closely with the attackers on how to convert the scoring chances they create in games. Also the midfield too lost the ball too often and were not releasing the killer passes we expected of them but I'm sure in tomorrow's game(today) the would improve on that as they are gradually adjusting to the weather here."
Abimbola however urged Nigerians not to see the draw as a bad result as they team is taking shape ahead of the championship adding that the arrival of VVV Venlo attacker would also help the team's not too sharp attack.
"Nigerians should not see the result as a setback but the team's build to the championship. The team is taking shape now and with the arrival of Ahmed Musa it would further boost the attack of the team. He is not new to team style of play so he will fit in when he joins us in Turkey in the first week of March" Abimbola stated
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