Super Eagles Interim manager, Augustine Eguavoen has released his starting lineup that will confront the Pharaohs of Egypt in the ongoing TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations tournament that is taking place in Cameroon.
The three times African champions will square up against the seven times Champions at the Roumdé-Adjia Stadium in Garoua at 5pm.
As expected, coach Austine Eguavoen opted to stick with Maduka Okoye in the goal post.
Kenneth Omeruo surprisingly made his way into the team after a long while as he would paired William Troost-Ekong in the central defense area. Ola Aina and Zaidu Sanusi have been given the mandate to play in the left-back and right-back positions respectively.
Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Joe Aribo have been deployed to the midfield position.
Simon Moses said Samuel Chukwueze would play as attacking wingers with Taiwo Awoniyi as the main striker.
However, there are two tactical errors that I noticed in the starting lineup and formation which I would highlight below.
1. Inclusion Of Simon Moses As Attacking Winger
I don’t think Eguavoen Made the right decision in deploying Simon Moses to pair Samuel Chukwueze in wing position when we have Chidera Ejuke that would do better. Simon Moses has not done any spectacular thing in that position in the recent games he started for the Super Eagles.
2. Omission Of Frank Onyeka in the midfield
If there is any midfielder that we require his service in the midfield position it has to be Frank Onyeka. We needed someone that would hold the midfield effectively just like Onyeka has been doing in the past games.
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