Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro played mind games and did not give away much in Tuesday’s training as he tried to confuse those who may be around spying for AFCON hosts Cote d’Ivoire ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Group A match.
“Take note that we’re playing against the host team, so he did not give a lot away as regards what his game plan is,” a source told SCORENigeria
There were mainly small-sided games in the training played behind closed doors with the biggest being 8v8 sessions.
He first appeared to maintain the team he started against Equatorial Guinea, before he drafted an extra defender to his flat back four.
There will certainly be changes to the starting XI against Equatorial Guinea, but these changes will only be clearer in the team’s final workout today, which will be open to the media for only the first 15 minutes.
For one, Peseiro has been forced to find a replacement for the impressive Alhassan Yusuf, who will miss Thursday’s epic clash due to a thigh injury.
The injury, which forced the Antwerp midfielder out of the Equatorial Guinea match, is not as serious as initially feared and he is expected to be back for the final group game versus Guinea Bissau on January 22.
He also has more options for Osimhen in centre-forward and could now afford to replace the Napoli star at some point in the game.
