Eric Chelle reveals Super Eagles’ best players during 1-1 draw against Russia

• The Super Eagles of Nigeria played a 1-1 gully against Russia astatine the Luzhniki Stadium successful Moscow
• Tolu Arokodare scored his archetypal Super Eagles extremity to cancel retired Semi Ajayi's inadvertent ain goal
• Head manager Eric Chelle has praised his team's quality and singled retired the 2 champion players successful the game

The Super Eagles of Nigeria played a 1-1 gully against Russia successful an planetary affable lucifer astatine the Luzhniki Stadium successful Moscow.

Even though the squad was heavy rotated, Nigeria went into the lucifer disconnected the backmost of winning the 2025 Unity Cup aft beating Jamaica connected penalties successful London.

Eric Chelle during Nigeria's Unity Cup last triumph implicit Jamaica. Photo by Catherine Ivill.
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The Eagles conceded an unlucky extremity successful the archetypal half. Bright Osayi-Samuel was beaten connected pace, and Semi Ajayi inadvertently deflected the resulting transverse past Maduka Okoye.

Tolu Arokodare, a second-half substitute who replaced the struggling Victor Boniface, took vantage of a misplaced walk successful the Russian defence to equalise successful the 71st minute.

Chelle praises 2 players

Super Eagles brag Eric Chelle praised his team's quality to travel backmost from a extremity down and singled retired 2 players for their fantastic performances.

“We showed quality to travel back. Tolu [Arokodare] and Maduka [Okoye] were fantastic, and this effect gives america assurance for the qualifiers,” helium said, arsenic quoted by Brila FM.

Arokodare scored the equaliser 10 minutes aft coming connected and was lively throughout. Okoye made 3 saves, including a match-deciding prevention successful the 83rd minute.

Chelle highlights flaws successful Eagles' game

The manager was tactically conscious to spot the flaw successful his team's crippled and promised to enactment connected fixing it up of the 2026 World Cup qualifying games aboriginal successful the year.

“I would similar to enactment that this was a precise bully lucifer for us. The Russian squad is great. Your players played great: they person bully technique, and they are particularly beardown successful pressing. The full crippled was interesting, and, successful my opinion, a gully is simply a just effect successful specified a hard match,” helium said astatine the post-match league arsenic quoted by RFU.

Tolu Arokodare scored his archetypal Super Eagles extremity against Russia. Photo by Catherine Ivill.
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“The crippled was so difficult. We had a fewer moments, and the Russians did too. I deliberation that 2 beardown teams met. We volition marque changes, we volition enactment connected playing nether pressure, due to the fact that this occupation has already arisen successful the past 3 matches.“We request to larn to header with the opponent's pressing – this was particularly noticeable successful the 2nd half, erstwhile we were practically near without the ball. This is acknowledgment to the Russian footballers. I deliberation we request to amended this constituent of our game.”

The Franco-Malian manager remains unbeaten successful 5 games arsenic Super Eagles caput coach, and up adjacent are important World Cup qualifier matches against Rwanda and South Africa successful September.

Victor Boniface quits planetary football

Legit.ng reported that Victor Boniface announced his retirement from planetary football aft different uninspiring show for Nigeria against Russia.

The Bayer Leverkusen guardant made his debut successful September 2023 and has yet to people his archetypal extremity contempt playing 13 matches, and faces dense disapproval from the fans.

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Source: Legit.ng