Players of the senior national team of Nigeria say the communication is partly why the team is struggling to implement the ideas and understand the head coach of the team Jose Peseiro during games, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
The team were held to a shock 1-1 draw in the world cup qualifiers by minnows Lesotho and left Nigeria for Rwanda, where they will take on Zimbabwe in their second game of the series.
Their style of play hasn’t been the best since the Portuguese took over as coach and it has resulted in the team losing 60 percent of their games the past one year. Already doubts are begining to emerge about his suitability for the role.
A cross section of the players of the team who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity to protect relationship said communication is a huge problem due to the coach’s poor english speaking ability.
They said most times they asked each other what he said or meant. Sometimes in the spur of the moment he speaks in Portuguese, a language that only three players in the team in Zaidu Sanusi, Bruno Onyemaechi and Chidozie Awaziem understands.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
