“It’s natural sometimes” satisfied Bosso defends tactics and his goalkeeper.
Flying Eagles head coach, Ladan Bosso says the threats from the Young Chipolopolo was “a good test” while he reveals he doesn’t has to exhaust all his tactics in a friendly tie.
Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The Nigeria U-20 in preparation for the U-20 2023 AFCON, on Friday in Abuja, overpowered their Zambian counterparts, 4-2, at the end of a thrilling international friendly.
While the game looked cagey in the first half, the Zambians ensured Flying Eagles three away the lead on two occasions before the host scored two more.
Bosso after the game revealed the match against Zambia was a good test match for his team, adding that his boys gave a good account of themselves and showed they are ready to take on the rest of Africa.
“It was a good test match for my boys and even if we had lost, I would have said it is a blessing in disguise.” Bosso told the News Agency if Nigeria via the Guardian.
“It’s natural sometimes, it’s either you win, lose or draw, especially in friendly matches such as this.
“You don’t need to approach it very hard or throw in all your cards in at once,” he continues.
“As a coach, you don’t exhaust your armoury in the first half. The second half was more of wing play and you could see that the two goals that came were all from the wings.
“We have a winning team and our goal is to maintain our philosophy, culture and style of play as a team and go ahead to make our country proud,” he said.
On the goalkeeping errors made by Nathaniel Nwosu, the coach said: “It’s all about pyshce. Nwosu started with us.
“He was the goalkeeper of the tournament in WAFU and when we came back he was invited to the Super Eagles camp and eventually played for the U-23.
Nigeria is in Group A with the host Egypt, Mozambique and Senegal.
Dare Ogun
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