The captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Ahmed Musa says the pressure of playing for the senior national team of Nigeria weighs heavily on young players coming into the team.
Musa made this known while responding to questions from journalist at the pre match conference ahead of tomorrow’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers game against Sierra Leone in Abuja.
He said the pressure most times kills the morale of young players calling on the fans and the media not to pressure the coaches into playing young players who are sometimes not ready to cope with the pressure.
” I have to say something. Which is the pressure we put on young players to start playing for the senior national team of Nigeria. It’s a gradual process just like me I started by playing ten to fifteen minutes before getting to the level where I am now”, he explained.
” The Super Eagles is not U20, U23 or U17 where players can be said to be growing. The pressure of delivering instantly gets to these young players especially when they fail to deliver and get attack from all corners. We have to be patient with them because as young players they need time to adapt and get used to the pressure” he concluded.
