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2018 World Cup: Bonfrere Jo Expresses Fears For Super Eagles, Fires Warning Over Formations
Former head coach of the Super Eagles, Johanes Bonfrere has said the team might not do well at the 2018 World Cup over their continuos change of formations.
A former Super Eagles Coach, Johannes Bonfrere, has warned Nigeria against the continued change of formation as she prepares for the World Cup tournament in Russia, according to Channels TV.
Bonfrere who lead Nigeria to win Gold in the 1996 Olympics in the United States of America, stated this during his appearance on Sport Tonight, which aired on Channels Television.
âYou cannot play today 4-4-2, tomorrow 4-3-3 and next week 5-4-1. That is not possible, a team cannot do this,â he said on Tuesday.
To Bonfrere, the continued change of the formation, especially while the Super Eagles, are bound to face Croatia in the Group D stage of the global competition.
He added, âYou cannot change the system (of formation). If you can change the system (of formation), then you have one of the best football team.
âNigeria has a system at this moment which they (the players) donât understand to play. But Croatia is playing the system even when they played against Brazil.
âThough they lost to Brazil, they still played a system. Nigeria is changing and changing the system. Up till now, the player does not know what or where he must play and that can be a big problem against Croatia.â
While expressing dismay that the national teams had yet to show signs of improvements in their international friendly matches against England and Croatia, he is however optimistic that they would improve Saturdayâs clash against Croatia.
This is when Englandâs Three Lions beat Super Eagles 2-1 in a pre-2018 FIFA World Cup friendly on Saturday at the Wembley Stadium in London on June 2.
Four days later, Nigeria suffered another defeat at the hands of the Czech Republic in Austria in their final friendly ahead of the World Cup.
Despite this defeat, Bonfrere believes that the Coach, Gernot Rohr, can still draw lessons from the previous matches and spur in the Eagles to victory.
He stated further, âThe Super Eagles can make it out of the group (Group D involving Croatia, Argentina and Iceland) if they start to build up their team and if they tell each player what he must play, what kind of system he must play, but they have never done it on the training or in the friendly games.
âIf you can change the system with your playing team, then you have one of the best playing football teams.â
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