Ex-international Mutiu Adepoju advises Eric Chelle ahead of games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe

• Eric Chelle has been preparing the Super Eagles players for his archetypal 2 games successful complaint of the team
• Nigeria look must-win matches against Rwanda and Zimbabwe successful the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier
• Former Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has told the Malian manager what mistake to avoid

Former Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has issued a portion of proposal to Eric Chelle arsenic helium prepares to oversee his archetypal 2 games successful complaint of the nationalist team.

Chelle took implicit the squad successful January aft much than six months without a imperishable manager with Augustine Eguavoen serving arsenic interim manager for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Eric Chelle during his 2nd grooming league with the Super Eagles successful Kigali. Photo from @NGSuperEagles.
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The erstwhile Mali nationalist squad manager walks into a hard play with the Eagles arsenic helium is saddled with the work of turning astir the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

His predecessors person failed to prime up a triumph successful 4 games leaving Nigeria successful a unsafe spot, 5th successful Group C with 3 points from the opening 4 games.

Jose Peseiro managed draws against Lesotho and Zimbabwe successful November 2023 portion the legendary Finidi George resigned aft a gully against South Africa and a nonaccomplishment to Benin Republic.

Nigeria missed retired connected the 2022 FIFA World Cup held successful Qatar aft losing the playoffs to rivals Ghana and are astatine the hazard of missing retired connected a consecutive Mundial.

Mutiu Adepoju advises Eric Chelle

Former Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has advised caput manager Eric Chelle connected 1 costly mistake helium indispensable debar arsenic helium prepares to look Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

The erstwhile RC Lens defender comes successful with a estimation of being an attacking manager and successful his archetypal words promised that the Super Eagles nether his tutelage volition people goals.

Adepoju has told the manager to instrumentality with what worked for Nigerian players and not forcefully instrumentality his tactics and 4-3-1-2 enactment early.

Eric Chelle favoured the 4-3-1-2 enactment with Mali astatine AFCON 2023. Photo by MB Media.
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“A strategy similar that volition beryllium a small spot unusual to the players and the fans arsenic well,” helium told Afrik-Foot.“What we are utilized to is playing from the wings, having the shot each the time, and having players that tin instrumentality it from the wings. It mightiness instrumentality clip to understand, but it depends connected the players.”

The erstwhile Real Madrid attacker advised the manager to instrumentality a strategy to accommodate to the players archetypal due to the fact that of the quality of the games astatine hand.

“I deliberation the manager conscionable needs to bring thing that is favourable for the players and play good successful the crippled we person astatine hand,” helium concluded.

As seen connected Super Eagles' X account, Chelle had his 2nd grooming league contiguous aft the archetypal league yesterday was done with nary media access.

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The reigning African Footballer of the Year, who would play his archetypal planetary lucifer since winning the award, confirmed the players are adapting to Chelle's system.

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