{"id":194477,"date":"2026-02-11T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/new-young-players-expected-in-super-eagles-from-chelle"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:21:30","slug":"new-young-players-expected-in-super-eagles-from-chelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/new-young-players-expected-in-super-eagles-from-chelle","title":{"rendered":"New Young Players Expected in Super Eagles from Chelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, has said that fans of the Super Eagles can expect to see some new young players in the team.<\/p>\n<p>He also complimented the team\u2019s progress during their time with head coach Eric Chelle.<\/p>\n<p>The football chief highlighted the team\u2019s strong attacking play and the rise of young players as the main good things from their AFCON tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Chelle took over in January 2025 and led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles did not lose any of their games during regular time in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Gusau looked at how the team played and pointed out that Nigeria did well in scoring goals and keeping clean sheets as signs of improvement, even though they didn\u2019t win the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Gusua said, \u201cAfter the AFCON tournament ended, even though they did not win the trophy, they were the team that scored the most goals in the whole competition as well as being the only team that did not lose any matches except for those penalty kicks. That shows the team is getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles scored 14 goals in the tournament \u2014 eight in the group stage and six in the knockout rounds \u2014 which made them the top scorers in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>They also maintained clean sheets during the knockout phase and only let in four goals in the group stage, which put them among the top defensive teams.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe most important part is finding some new young talents. There are more players still coming because you know what even makes us have some issues even in trying to introduce more of the young players is that we intend to have some quality friendly matches during the November window, unfortunately, we have to go to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if we don\u2019t have the playoffs, we plan to let the coach try some young players during the friendly matches we\u2019re going to play in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not always easy for a coach to just bring in a new player and put him in a big tournament, but moving forward, we have the March window to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we are still going to give him a chance to bring in some young players who will be added to the team. Nigerians should have higher expectations from the team and the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the tournament, the Malian coach gave competitive starts to young players Salim Fago and Tochukwu Nnadi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, has said that fans of the Super Eagles can expect to see some new young players in the team. He also complimented the team\u2019s progress during their time with head coach Eric Chelle. 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