Former Nigerian attacking midfielder, Henry Nwosu has said Super Eagles manager, Stephen Keshi has lots of work to do on his wards to make them compete favourable at the World Cup in Brazil after the 2013 Afcon champions were held by their European foes, Italy.
The Eagles played out a 2-2 draw against their Italian opponents, the Azzurris in a friendly tie on Monday at Fulham’s Craven Cottage ground in London.
Forwards, Bright Dike and Shola Ameobi scored Nigeria’s goals while Guiseppe Rossi and Emanuele Giacherrini scored for the Italians.
Nwosu said the Eagles played far better against the Italians compared with the final World Cup playoff against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia in Calabar but insisted that the side have problems with marking as well as recovery.
“I’m happy with their performance against the Italians, it’s a far improved performance compared with the game against the Ethiopians on Saturday in Calabar.
“If they had put up similar performance against the Ethiopians they would have ended the tie with as many as six goals.
“Of course, the tie has once again brought to the fore the team’s lapses before our very eyes. If our World Cup is not going to be a jamboree then Keshi must act fast to correct the glaring lapses noticed among his wards.
“The Eagles’ marking skill against the Italians was poor, that’s not strictly the fault of the defenders the midfielders, too, are equally guilty.
“In fact, the untold pressure on the defence was caused by the midfield because if they had been up and doing lesser pressure would have come to the defence.
“Not only the defence and the midfield the attack, too, has to be worked upon as well as the recovery rate of the team which is too low.
“That’s why even when we had four Nigerians against two Italians we still had problem contending with them.
“I think the Eagles did very well against the Italians but there is work to be done to make our participation at the World Cup in Brazil count positively,” said the former Golden Eaglets coach to supersport.com.
Italy and Nigeria met again after the USA’94 World Cup round of 16 tie which the European side won to deny the Africans an opportunity of reaching the last eight of the global football fiesta.
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