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15 Super Eagles caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen has defended his formation for the team’s away clash with Rwanda on Tuesday.
The West Africans were held to a 0-0 draw by the Amavubi at the Amahoro Stadium, Kigali.
Eguavoen opted for the same 3-4-3 formation he used in the team’s 3-0 win over the Cheetahs of Benin Republic last weekend
“I have been saddled with responsibility of qualifying the team for the next AFCON,”he reporters after the game.
“You know all our boys are playing abroad, for big clubs, so it is difficult within three days to prepare the team. We trained for three, four days before the Benin game.
“We then have to come here, it is very difficult to change formation. We don’t have time to play friendlies.
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“We used the same formation at AFCON. It’s difficult to change things at this limited time.”
Eguavoen also explained the reason behind his decision to bench Victor Osimhen for the second consecutive game.
Osimhen is our brother, you can’t throw a baby away with the bath water. We know what he is going through in Napoli. He just moved to Galatasaray and has not been playing active football for a while now,” Eguavoen added.
“We are trying to manage his fitness. He played the last 25 minutes in the last game and today we had a word with him that he can’t play 90 minutes or else he will get injured.
“Awoniyi before he came, had few minutes. We have 23 to 40 players we can picked from all the time. We can t play with all of them.
“So, it is a difficult one, we have the talent, but can’t start more than 11 players at a time. We talked about it, the bonding is there, it is acceptable to everyone.
“Sometimes the players can get frustrated but we know there is an accord. When you play give your best, when you are on the bench, do your best to support the team.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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