The senior national team of Nigeria had their first tactical training session ahead of the round of 16 game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Cameroon on Saturday, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Led by head coach Jose Peseiro, the team had a one hour session with all players taking part including Victor Osimhen who missed their session a day before yesterday owing to a stomach bug.
His return to full training enabled the coaches to try out something new going by the fact that he has been guilty of uncharacteristic misses in the first three games of the tournament.
Osimhen was made to play deep with Samuel Chukwueze and Ademola Lookman taking turns to play in the number 9 role, vacated when he drops to the midfield to help the duo of Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi.
It is believed the move is meant to reduce the dependency on the Napoli forward to score for the team. Peseiro wants all attacking players to share moments in the box unlike in the group games where it was all for Osimhen.
A decision will be made on maintaining the structure when they have their final training session today ahead of the 9pm clash.
Osas Mahawi
