“Wrong coaches, wrong players” – Former Everton star insists Super Eagles unfit for Qatar World Cup

Nigeria suffered an embarrassing heavy defeat to former European champions Portugal in a global pleasant final week

Tremendous Eagles legend Emmanuel Amokachi has taken a swipe on the Tremendous Eagles following their disappointing 4-0 loss to Portugal in Lisbon on November 17.

Coached by Portuguese tactician Jose Peseiro, Nigeria succumbed to targets from Bruno Fernandes (brace), Gonçalo Ramos, and João Mário inside a sold-out 50,000-capacity Estádio José Alvalade.

It was the Tremendous Eagles A’s heaviest defeat in over twenty years. Not since a 5-1 loss to the Netherlands in a pre-World Cup pleasant in 1998 has the Eagles misplaced by a four-goal margin.

Much more worryingly, it was Nigeria’s fourth defeat in six matches underneath head coach Jose Peseiro.

In an interview with Channels TV, former Everton favorite Amokachi expressed his displeasure with the way of the Tremendous Eagles’ loss to Portugal.

Amokachi believes the issue of the Nigerian nationwide workforce can’t be disconnected from the hiring of incompetent coaches and the deployment of dispassionate gamers.

And the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner insists the loss in Lisbon revealed that the Tremendous Eagles don’t deserve a spot on the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Amokachi mentioned, “Once you have a look at the Portugal recreation, that tells you that we don’t even need to be there (World Cup).

“There are one, two, three completely different angles that you must have a look at it, bringing in the best coach, bringing in the best gamers, and getting the best surroundings to play at.

“We all the time deliver the flawed coaches to deal with a rustic like Nigeria; we all the time deliver the flawed gamers.”

Nigeria did not qualify for Qatar 2022 after shedding the ultimate playoffs on away purpose rule to Ghana in March.

The FIFA World Cup kicked off on Sunday, November 20, with Ecuador beating Qatar 2-0 within the event opener.