Super Eagles Manager Augustine Eguavoen Likens His Coaching Style to Man City’s Pep Guardiola

• Augustine Eguavoen has drawn similarities between his coaching style and that of Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola
• The interim Nigeria coach has been tasked to lead the Super Eagles to a seventh appearance at the World Cup
• Eguavoen's charges will square off against the Black Stars of Ghana over two legs as the West African giants fight for one of Africa's five slots at the Mundial

Caretaker coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen has shed light on his coaching style ahead of the impending World Cup play-offs between Ghana and Nigeria.

Eguavoen, who is the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, will lead the Super Eagles for the all-important doubleheader as interim coach.

The 56-year-old tactician who is in his third stint as Nigeria boss earlier led his country to the 2021 AFCON, where the Super Eagles dazzled at the group stages with some eye-pleasing football but failed to travel far in the competition.

Key milestones of the Ivory Coast national football team

Football

Opening up on his style of coaching, Eguavoen likened his style to former FC Barcelona trainer Pep Guardiola, who is famous for the Tiki-Taka brand of football.

"Do you know Guardiola?" Eguavoen retorted when asked to explain his football philosophy.

"I like his [Guardiola] style of football, I do. It's a bit risky it keeps you on the edge but I like it." He told Ghanaian television network TV3.

"But [my style of play] is a mixture, you have to mix it up. It depends on the reaction of the opposition. Then information goes to our people [players]."

Speaking on how he breaks down his style of play to his playing body, the Super Eagles coach explained: "We train three to four different systems. And then we get information on how opponents react. And then before the game, we talk to our people and during the game, we also send messages to them as well."

Fascinating details about Mali's national football team

Football

Nigeria coach fumes at Emmanuel Dennis' late arrival to camp

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Super Eagles handler Augustine Eguavoen was reportedly left furious following the late arrival of Emmanuel Dennis to the camp, Tribal Football reports.

While his two Watford teammates William Troost-Ekong and Oghenekaro Etebo arrived on time, Dennis reported a day after training commenced.

The Super Eagles camp was thrown open on Monday, March 21 ahead of the first-leg encounter billed to hold at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.