SUPER Eagles gaffer, Jose Peseiro is claiming that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decided to take 25 players, insisting that the decision wasn’t his.
Explaining why 25 players were named in the squad when there’s a provision for 27, Peseiro said: “The number is from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). They decided to take 25 players. I agree, twenty-five players are enough to manage. Since the first moment, NFF decided to take 25 players. “
Sharing those things he took into consideration before selecting these 25 players from the 41-man provisional list, Peseiro stated: “We did a big list of 41 players and these chosen players worked with us until now. The performance in the selection because some players show good performance in the clubs but didn’t show in our national team.
“It can happen the same in the opposite, some players play very well in the national team, but they didn’t play well in the clubs – it’s a different atmosphere, different context.
“The third one is the current form if they are playing well if they show good conditions for their clubs for us. I try to bring four fullbacks, five central defenders, five midfielders, four wingers and four strikers.
“Some players give more deep moments, some players give more support, some players give more connection. We tried to coordinate these characteristics and these solutions for our system, for our game.
“It’s possible I did not choose other players because we have very good players, we have very good quality. It wasn’t easy to choose the 25 players, 41 could come because they showed quality and character.”
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