The recent outburst by the top striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Victor Osimhen aimed at former coach of the team Finidi George has topped the agenda among followers of the team , OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen fired back at comments allegedly made by the coach as contained in a report, where his commitment to the team was questioned by the coach after he missed the last two games in the world cup qualifiers due to an injury picked up, while on duty with Napoli.
His outburst didn’t go down well with a lot of people including the hierarchy of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and if not for the intervention of the minister for sports he would have been suspended from the team.
Speaking on indiscipline in the team , a player who was a part of the squad for the recent games against South Africa and Benin Republic, where they drew 1-1 and lost 1-2 respectively said Calvin Bassey should be the one to bear the brunt and not Osimhen.
” Bassey refused to play at left back against Benin Republic. It was after we went 2-1 down that he agreed to switch there. The way we played in the second half was how we intended to start the game but Bassey openly refused to play at left back. That’s the height for me”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” When he didn’t agree to play at left back, the coaches have to draw up a new formation for the game which backfired in the first half. Our original formation was the one we played in the second half and we did a lot better*, he concluded.
