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EAGLES in the FINAL OF AFCON.. We need to change our style of play if we want to win the cup...

 Congratulations to the Super Eagles of Nigeria! We made it to the final of AFCON in Côte d'Ivoire.

I hope we continue to drag ourselves across the line. The game we have scored the highest goal was in 2-0 win over Cameroon. The team is full of individual talents but if you observe, in almost all our games, we were outplayed. We had fewer ball possession than our opponents. Check the stat of each game. We were very lucky today against South Africa. The goalkeeper saved the day many times.

So, I can say we have a great goalkeeper in Stanley Nwabali, first time in a very long time. The defenders led by Ekong are very good. We have a pool of super strikers, including current CAF player of the year, Osimhen, and then Lookman, Simon, Chukwueze, Moffi, etc. However, the midfield appear to be very weak. There are two good players in the midfield - Iwobi and Yusuf. Another point is that the style of play adopted by Nigeria in this tournament has been very weird - players at the back mostly send long balls to the strikers in front. We have no holding midfielder to distribute the ball. Some allude that this is the reason why Osimhen has been less effective. Again, in the first three games, the striking force was centered around Osimhen and we forgot that we have other options in great strikers like Lookman. When that changed in round of 16 and quarter final, we saw what happened. Without Lookman's goals, Nigeria would have been out of the tournament.

If Nigeria want to win convincingly in the final, they need to change their style of play. Change the formation - have good players in the midfield, and try to hold the ball more at the center to be able to comfortably feed the strikers with quality balls...

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