Tunde Disu, former Technical Director, Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF), has attributed the
Super Eagles 0-2 loss to South Africa’s Bafana
Bafana in the AFCON qualifier on Saturday to
tactical deficiency.
Tunde Disu
The former Flying Eagles Coach said on Tuesday
that the loss in Uyo was as a result of
unpreparedness of the technical crew of the
Eagles. He said it was sad seeing the Eagles lose to
South Africa for the first time, adding that it was
a bad start for the Eagles in their quest to
qualify for AFCON.
“It is sad that we lost to the Bafana Bafana of
South Africa after they have bragged that they
will beat us at home.
“It means that they have something in their
sleeves and it brings to mind that the Eagles are
not prepared for the game. Friendly match is
good but not enough.
“The boys were not psychologically prepared to
face the South Africans. Fitness is not enough
for a match, there must also be psychological
approach and tactically in-depth.
“After playing some couple of friendly matches,
one must have thought that it would be a roller
coaster but we still lost because of technical
inefficiency on the part of NFF,’’ he said.
Disu said that the technical bench must have
failed to study the Bafana Bafana, hence, they
were unable to match their tactics.
“The technical bench must have erroneously felt
they knew South Africans but they did not. They
should have ensured that they have the
knowledge of how they play without assuming.
“The technical department must know the
opposition and because we failed to know them
we created a problem for ourselves. They should
have spied on the South African team.
“The technical department has issues; they did
not prepare well enough maybe they were short
of funds. We should have watched our opponents
play. That is what we did under Westerhof.
“During the Westerhof era, he always ensured
that we watched our opponents and that is my
job. I used to go to Cameroun to watch them
either in Yaoundé or Doula,’’ he said.
Disu said that part of the tactical error was the
inclusion of the goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi in the
team knowing full well that he plays in South
Africa.
“Part of the error was the inclusion of Daniel
Akpeyi to man the post. It should have struck
the minds of the technical crew that he plays in
the South African league.
“The South Africans know him and his
weaknesses; they should not have used him. If
we consider the first goal it was where he
covered but the ball still went in between him.
“The second goal was not much of his fault but
he failed to control his defense because it was a
counter attack. One or two defensive midfielder
should have waited behind.
“We have two defensive midfielders; Wilfred
Ndidi and Ogenyi Onazi, yet they failed to foil the
counter attacking display at least there should
be one players left,’’ he said.
Disu said that the team should have switched
the formation from the traditional 4-3-3 to golden
4-2-1-3 to contain the South Africans.
“Something should have been done to the
formation of the team to make them more
aggressive in front of goal because we have the
players to prosecute that.
“We should have switched from 4-3-3 to 4-2-1-3
for effectiveness. We have the midfielders that
can switch because they are professionals.
“Also, we should have ensured that we got a goal
in the first half because our inability to score
boosted the courage of the South Africans to
attack us.
“For the next match, we need to watch the clips
of our next opponents, Libya and if we are
unable to do that, we should contact the Libyan
embassy to help out,’’ he said.ni
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