Coach Augustine Eguavoen has explained why Super Eagles debutant Gabriel Osho was hauled off after the first half against Benin in a 2025 AFCON in Abidjan Thursday night.
AJ Auxerre central defender Osho was a surprise starter against Benin, but he was replaced at the restart by Club Brugge defensive midfielder Raphael Onyedika.
Eguavoen has now explained the thinking behind this change.
“Osho is a very good player, who I have been following, I even told him even before he came that in the absence of Semi Ajayi, he will start against Benin,” Eguavoen told Eagle7fm Sports Radio
“He trained only once and then played.
“He was substituted not because he was not playing well but because I reverted to a back four so as to get something from the game.
“We started with 3-4-3, then changed to 4-3-3 and in the last 15, 20 minutes we changed to 4-4-2 with Victor Boniface joining Osimhen to give us more numbers inside the box.”
L’entraîneur qui veut essayer ce que son patron a peur de faire verra ce que son patron ne veut pas voir. Son patron a joué 6 3 1 à 5 4 1 et s’est qualifié pour la finale de la Coupe d’Afrique .la seule équipe qui a des joueurs qui ont campé pendant de longues journées joue 4 3 3 même pas 4 3 3 4 3 . Alors laissez l’entraîneur local apprendre ce qu’il faut faire pendant un match. À