Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro for the first time had the full compliment of all players he will be needing for the start of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Peseiro had them all in a training session yesterday evening at the main bowl of the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja which lasted for a little over an hour with the first fifteen minutes opened to the press.
They had a short game which was conditioned on using the ball in tight spaces sensing that Sierra Leone will likely park the bus when the game comes up on Thursday.
The duo of Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen were very comfortable during the session as they combined with ease much to the delight of the coach who gave them thumbs up severally.
Alex Iwobi was also very exciting with his deft touches getting him out of tight spaces. He also showed quick feets to move through tight areas. Same as the duo of Moses Simon and Emmanuel Dennis.
Meanwhile the coach has started the process of giving the team his own ways by expressing his unhappiness at certain players who wore earrings, necklaces and finger rings to training. He told them he isn’t entirely pleased with it and wouldn’t mind them not wearing it at all.
It’s a sign that he won’t tolerate them putting on such item hence his first step towards stamping discipline in the camp of the team ahead of his first competitive game as coach.
