Like every football follower, Spain at the
ongoing confederations cup is one, if not, of the best teams in the tournament.
But playing the super eagles is going to be a real test of character for the
Spain national team. A team that only
conceded a single goal against Uruguay and have scored in every match that they have
played, as well as won.
The super eagles have only won the match
against Tahiti and have quit a number of players playing for clubs outside
their country. Which is ranked 33th in the Fifa world ranking, just after
coming out victorious in the Orange/Caf Nations cup.
The team has not lost a single match until
the match against Uruguay’s national team. The result from that match would no
doubt help to put a sense of urgency in the super eagles team as they face La
Roja.
The game started with the European
champions within, the first minute of play , already in the box of the super
eagles asking all the questions of the defence and the goal keeper. Only scoring
the opening goal would come at exactly three minutes of play from the side back
Jordi Alba
Making the super eagles pay for the lack of
focus in the opening minutes of the game. Immediately the African champions got
on with the game and put up some really good attacking movement but were just
not sharp enough at the top for a goal that would have change the colour of the
match.
The possession of the ball was amazing 56
percent to 44percent for La Roja and the super eagles respectively. Even with
such a possession for the Africans there were relatively limited at the top where
they really need to the presence of a Sharp attacker, someone in the like of
Victor Moses of Chelsea FC.
On the field of play there was enormous gulf
technically between both teams as the European champions showed more technical
and tactical ability than the super eagles. Their pass were more accurate ,
they had better presence in the middle of the pack. Where the Nigerians tried
to make as many tackles as possible to make the game difficult for the La Roja .
The arrival of Torres was greeted with a brilliant
pass from the wings which he dispatched with super speed that the Nigerians
goal keeper could not do anything about the goal. The super eagles tried everything
they could up front but still could not get the goal as Ideyen was wasteful and
Ahmed Musa was his usual predictable,
lack of technical delivery made life difficult for the Nigerian attack.
The Third goal was scored by Jordi Alba who
is In my option the man of the match. I would say the flop of the match for the
second game running is Ahmed Musa. Who has repeatedly failed to play his part
in the team and made the Nigerian attack look blunt and silly.
Well in all it was a good game and the
manager of the super eagles i.e. Stephen keshi has to make sure he gets his
attack to work and the winger should know why they on the team. In the same vein,
we look forward to the next match for the La Roja.
What would you do to make the super eagles better
if you were their manager?
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