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AFCON 2023: Sack coach Peseiro — Ex-international, Peterside urges NFF

A former Nigerian international goalkeeper, Idah Peterside, has called for the sacking of the Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro.

Peseiro led the Super Eagles to the final of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) which ended on Sunday However, the team lost to Ivory Coast to claim second.

Peterside who retired from active football in 2002 and is currently a football analyst urged the Nigeria Football Federation to sack Peseiro on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

He asserted that Peseiro’s moment with the national team is over while decrying Peseiro’s defensive approach to games which he said is new to the country.

“You know, a lot of people asked me yesterday, if the coach got to the finals,” he said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “What do you think? I said, fire him!” he said.

The AFCON hosts, Ivory Coast became the reigning champions after beating the Nigerian team 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium.

 

Femi Akinyemi

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