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Jose Peseiro wants his Super Eagles stars led by Alex Iwobi to creative more scoring chances as they face South Africa at the AFCON 2023 semifinals and has.
Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has challenged Nigeria’s squad players to fill the ‘key creator’ void left by Kelechi Iheanacho and Joe Aribo at the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON 2023.
Pulse Sports reports that Peseiro made the rallying call ahead of the clash against South Africa in the semifinal on Wednesday.
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AFCON 2023: Ex-Eagles coach Fanny Amun urges the Super Eagles not to underrate South Africa
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Peseiro on Super Eagles players
Nigeria has reached another semifinal at the AFCON despite struggling to score goals in Ivory Coast.
The Super Eagles have won three of five matches 1-0, but ahead of the game against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, who have kept as many clean sheets as Nigeria, the Portuguese knows that something must be done about his team’s offensive problems.
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Speaking ahead of the all-important game, the former Venezuela boss called on the likes of Alex Iwobi, Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze to step up their game from the creative side.
"We're missing some key creators like (Kelechi) Iheanacho and (Joe) Aribo, so it's been hard. But others must now step up," he said according to a SuperSport report.
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"Once again we played (against Angola in the quarterfinals) without conceding, and scored a goal, but I would have liked more. The team could have created more opportunities,” Peseiro added.
"We are a quality team, Angola was very good, but we had more luck. I remain satisfied with my players but want us to be more efficient (in attack)."
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