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2.1.3. 18+ DID YOU MISS THE TREND? SEE ALL 400 V!D£0 CLIPS, $£X T4P£ OF Equatorial Guinea Baltasar Ebang Engonga.Former Super Eagles and Al-Ittihad defender Chikelue Iloenyosis says former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho can’t save the national side from its recent predicament. Iloenyosis made the comment as he questioned the character and passion of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team. ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ↔️
The recent 2-1 defeat to Rwanda at the Godswill Akpabio stadium on Monday cast doubt on the team’s preparedness for the World Cup qualifiers.
While the three-time African champions had already sealed qualification for the AFCON 2025 tournament in Morocco and were not under pressure to perform, they remained obligated to win their matches and finish the qualifiers strong.
Speaking with Brila.net, Iloenyosi exonerated Augustine Eguavoen of any wrongdoing but emphasized that the players should be blamed for the defeat.
“Eguavoen has never been part of the problem. Even if you bring in someone like Mourinho to coach Nigeria, the team still lacks character.
“The pattern we played (against Rwanda), the boys didn’t position themselves well, no passion and character in the national team.
“Losing the game is not Eguavoen’s fault. Even if you bring in another coach, they will still lose that game,” the former Asteras Tripoli man said.
The win means Rwanda claimed their first-ever win against Nigeria and will ride on the belief that they can repeat that feat when both sides meet again during the March International break as they look to seal qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Rwanda is currently top of the qualification group with seven points while Nigeria has just three points from four games...… Read -T.he .Full _Article .Here..
