A cross-section of football fans in Osogbo have expressed worry over the Super Eagles’ inability to score several goals so far at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The fans while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the Osun capital city, after extolling the team over the victory against Guinea-Bissau, decried their inability to win convincingly.
They, however, commended the Super Eagles’ head coach, Jose Peseiro, for the technique introduced and adopted which made the team’s defence and attack on Monday much more better.
Gbemiga Olaniyi, a football fan, said: “I am very happy with the way the Super Eagles are improving in their games.
“They are playing with more determination to win and putting the pressure on their opponents.
“I am not, however, too impressed with the attack. Our strikers are not scoring goals and this is not too good.
“I expected Victor Osimhen to have scored four goals by now, being in form and as the Africa Footballer of the Year. But, overall, the performance of the team was still impressive.” he said.
Emmanuel Olawuyi, another fan, said the formation the Super Eagles’ coach adopted was really working for Nigeria, even as they needed to be scoring goals.
“The goal drought from the Super Eagles is not good, moving forward.
“If we intend to win this tournament, we need to be scoring goals.” he said.
Alade Monsuru, who claimed to be a sports analyst, corroborated the views of the other fans, saying Nigeria needed to be scoring goals if they are to win the tournament.
“The Super Eagles have only scored three goals from three matches, with one of the goals coming from a penalty kick and Monday’s goal an own goal.
“With the calibre of players we are parading and with the form of Victor Osimhen, Nigeria should not be having difficulties finding the back of the net.
“Nigeria is rated higher than the countries we played against in Group A and yet we did not take our opponents to the cleaners.
“I am just afraid of when we face a stronger and highly-rated country in the round of 16. With this situation, we may not be able to beat them if we can’t score goals.
“I hope the coach will do the needful and make the necessary corrections before the next round, so that we don’t get knocked out in the round of 16.” he said.(NAN