The 2018 FIFA World Cup is a week away and the latest revelation from the Super Eagles media officer, Toyin Ibitoye has it that the team captain John Mikel Obi, alongside Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and other players were disappointed in the wake of their 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic in their final pre-World Cup friendly game played on Wednesday in Austria.
“We didn’t play our best that was obvious for everyone to see. Friendly games are, as the coach will also say, like a scientist in the lab, try a few things and see what other options you can have,” Toyin Ibitoye explained.
“That’s how we have to take this game, the boys are not happy they didn’t win because a victory would have given us some boost going into the World Cup but we see beyond the result.”
Ibitoye also explained why the Gernot Rohr led team played with different formations in their World Cup warm-up games.n”We are trying a few things and coach Gernot Rohr told the press at the post-match press conference that in our group Iceland, Croatia and Argentina are teams that play different patterns, different formation and what he wants to do is to try to make his team as flexible as possible so that they can match-up with the demands of having to change from one style to the other.