How Nigeria Can Replicate Morocco’s World Cup – Sunday Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh, former Tremendous Eagles head coach, says Nigeria should enhance its native leagues if the nation hopes to copy Morocco’s feat on the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The ex-Tremendous Eagles captain spoke in a chat with Come up TV on Monday.

Morocco grew to become the primary African nation to qualify for the semi-final stage of the World Cup.

The North Africans defeated European soccer powerhouses like Belgium, Spain and Portugal to attain the feat.

Among the many elements praised for the Morrocans’ success in Qatar is the event of their native league.

Talking on the teachings Nigeria can glean from the event, Oliseh mentioned “a stable nationwide workforce” is barely potential with nationwide league.

He mentioned Nigeria does “not have a performing league” and is clearly lacking out on its energy as a “breeding floor for skills”.

Oliseh, a member of FIFA’s technical research group, mentioned all different options to Nigeria’s soccer woes can solely be constructed on youth improvement.

“It’s not only a leaf or two we are able to take from this event. Let’s even have a look at the Moroccans — it’s good they did effectively, nonetheless — however Nigeria is meant to be the enormous of Africa. We must be pioneers and never followers,” Oliseh mentioned

“However within the state of affairs that we’ve got discovered ourselves in now, for us to enhance, we’ve got to mimic and enhance on what’s standing to get higher.

“You can’t have a stable nationwide workforce for those who don’t have a nationwide league. And in the intervening time, we don’t have one that’s performing. The nationwide league is the breeding floor for skills. And for a nation as large as ours, we’ve got to do loads.

“One of many main issues we’ve got to enhance on is youth improvement. We now have to unravel that first, after which different options can construct on it.”