the Nigerian team has an edge over
his national team due to the
strength of the bench of the visitors
Ivorian football pundit Mamadou Gaye
has said that Nigeria are psychologically
stronger than Cote D'Ivoire going into
Saturday's final African Nations
Championship (CHAN) qualifier in Abidjan.
The Super Eagles have a 4-1 advantage
going into the game that could see them
qualify to play in South Africa next year.
Gaye, a former analyst on SuperSport, said
that the fact that the Super Eagles are
being trained by coach Stephen Keshi was
responsible for the psychological defeat of
the Ivorians when they came to Kaduna
two weeks ago.
He blamed the Ivorian FA for not placing
first team coach Sabri Lamouchi in charge
of the squad instead asking Saraka
Norbert to train the home-based team.
"They have already killed the psychology
of the players by failing to draft Sabri
Lamouchi who is the team A coach to
handle the home boys and psychologically
when the players saw your Big Boss on
the bench against them [in Kaduna], a
Nations Cup winner, they froze out and
that will repeat itself here in Abidjan,"
Gaye declared.
The Elephants have played in both
previous editions of the CHAN
tournament, a competition only open to
footballers based in local leagues in their
countries.
Nigeria are seeking their maiden
participation and need to avoid defeat by
three goals on Saturday.
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