Former Flying Eagles player, Michael Onyemachara has revealed the reason why Nigeria U-20 team lost to the Americans after an emphatic victory against Qatar, Sports247 report.
Paul Aigbogun’s lads lost 2-0 to the Americans after thrashing Qatar 4-0 in their opening game at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Onyemachara who was a member of the 1989 Flying Eagles team reveals that the boys did not play with the right attitude and were complacent.
“Actually, I will not just open up and say I am disappointed, I am not happy because the kind of impression they gave to people was not encouraging,” Onyemachara stated.
“I don’t know whether to call it over excitement because they beat Qatar 4-0, I think It really affected them, they paid dearly for laxity against USA.
“The victory over Qatar probably entered into their head and they did not put up their best performance against the USA.”
He added: “After that victory, they felt like they have arrived. I was expecting that after they won the first match, they would all give their best to at least get a draw in the second game and go for broke in the third game.”
Onyemachara also claims the difference between his own set of Flying Eagles and this set is attitude and team work.
“Comparing this set of Flying Eagles to our own set, we did not have any special player but we played as a team for the love of our country but these ones are playing to sell themselves individually and it is affecting their overall performance as a team.
“The attack of the Flying Eagles lacked bite and that was bad, if they had played together as a team, I believe the worst result they would have gotten against the USA was a draw.”
