Eguavoen Reveals Toughest Task As Super Eagles Manager Ahead of World Cup Play-Offs

• Austin Eguavoen has said he is looking for midfielders like former Nigerian internationals Mutiu Adepoju and late Thompson Oliha to mount the Super Eagles midfield
• The Super Eagles coach disclosed he has patterned a new style of play for the Nigerian national team but will need box-to-box midfielders to accomplish his pattern
• Eguavoen is set to lead Nigeria against arch-rivals Ghana in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs scheduled for March 25th and 29th

Augustine Eguavoen has disclosed he has gone round the Nigerian Professional Football League and Europe in search of box-to-box midfielders to improve the Super Eagles.

The 56-year old says he has finetuned a pattern for the Nigerian national team but has not seen the right midfielders to execute his game plan.

According to Soccernet, Eguavoen has said he’s looking for midfielders like former Nigerian internationals Mutiu Adepoju and late Thompson Oliha.

“It’s quite unfortunate. That’s why I went around the league, here and abroad. The system I’ll like to play is to look for a player or two offensive midfield players who can draw box-to-box.

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"We used to have late Oliha and Mutiu Adepoju. If I can find those types of two players as we speak today, our formation will change."

The Super Eagles midfield presently consists of players such as Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo, Oghenekaro Etebo, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Nwakali, and others.

Former Super Eagles player tells Eguavoen players to select for World Cup playoff

Meanwhile. former Nigeria International, Jonathan Akpoborie has advised the coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen on the set of players to select for the Ghana clash.

According to Daily Post, Akpoborie says Eguavoen should select players that are ready to sacrifice their legs to face Ghana when both teams clash in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff.

Ghana is set to host the Super Eagles on March 25th at the Cape Coast Stadium for the first leg encounter with Abuja to host the reverse fixture four days later.

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Eguavoen makes unusual and urgent statement

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Augustine Eguavoen has made it clear that he is not a perfectionist adding that he likes it when things are done properly ahead of the Super Eagles clash against Ghana.

In days to come, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will open their camp in Abuja for the two ties against Ghana as these countries will fight for the 2022 World Cup ticket.

Nigeria participated at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia with the expectations that the players would do well at the tournament, but they were unable to qualify from the Group stage.