Africa-Press Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Former Nigerian international Garba Lawal says he doesn\u2019t see any passion or fight in the current Super Eagles team.<\/p>\n
Nigeria played two matches in the recent international break, losing 1-0 to Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria on October 9 before playing out a 1-1 draw with Tunisia four days later. Both fixtures were played in Austria.<\/p>\n
The Super Eagles will need to up their game for an AFCON qualification double-header against Sierra Leone next month.<\/p>\n
Lawal, who accumulated over 50 caps for Nigeria and represented his country at the Olympics (winning gold at Atlanta 1996), World Cup and AFCON tournaments, insists that the current generation doesn\u2019t have the fire of his Super Eagles teams in the 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring my time, we played as a team. You know we have players who you can call any time and they will deliver,\u201d Lawal is quoted by the Daily Trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you can see zeal in them, they fight like lions, but I don\u2019t see these [sic] in the current players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why this generation is different. It is only they that can tell us what the problem is. When I watch them play I don\u2019t see that passion in them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawal, however, defended the decision of manager Gernot Rohr to call up several new faces to the recent squad, insisting that having depth is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cRohr can call up anybody he wants to call. We can\u2019t question him. That\u2019s what he is being paid for. The old players will give way sooner or later,\u201d explained the 46-year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have plan \u2018B\u2019 in football, it\u2019s always good. He is the manager and the only one that can assess them for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Africa-Press Nigeria: Former Nigerian international Garba Lawal says he doesn\u2019t see any passion or fight in the current Super Eagles team. Nigeria played two matches in the recent international break, losing 1-0 to Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria on October 9 before playing out a 1-1 draw with Tunisia four days later. Both fixtures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":31366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[174,453],"class_list":["post-31365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-football-in-nigeria","tag-super-eagles"],"yoast_head":"\n