Sunday Oliseh Blasts Super Eagles Players for Not Backing Troost-Ekong, Dessers, Video
- Ex-Nigerian international Sunday Oliseh has called the current Super Eagles players for not protecting their captain, William Troost-Ekong
- The Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw against the Bafana Bafana, with Troost-Ekong scoring an own goal
- The Nigeria Football Federation blamed striker Cyril Dessers for the disappointing result against South Africa
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Sunday Oliseh has criticised the current crop of players representing Nigeria’s senior national team.
The Super Eagles legend lamented that the players showed no concern for their captain following a match statement from the Nigeria Football Federation leadership.
The media department blamed striker Cyril Dessers for the disappointing 1-1 result against South Africa at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.
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The General Secretary of NFF, Sanusi Mohammed, dissociated himself from the viral match report, which did not go well with ex-internationals and fans. The report read:
“Cyriel Dessers, who had an unimpressive game in Uyo where he turned out to be a substitute that was substituted, did not have a better game as he was too slow to latch onto passes, could not win aerial balls and did little in bringing alive the Nigerian attack.”
Oliseh says NFF attacks players
1994 AFCON winner Sunday Oliseh complained bitterly about how the Super Eagles failed to defend their captain.
According to AllNigeria, the former Ajax star said the NFF have succeeded in shifting the woeful performance of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers on the players, while exonerating themselves.
The former Super Eagles manager said the players deserved the treatment meted out to them by the NFF. Oliseh said:
"They are shifting the blame away from the management and putting it on the players. They attack these players and the Super Eagles players none of them have said anything.
"So it is as if they even deserved being criticized because they are not standing as a team. They are not backing their leaders.
"Your captain scored an own goal while trying to defend. It is as if he took the ball with his hand and put it inside. He was trying to defend and scored an own goal."
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Dessers deserves to be protected
Super Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh said the players are not performing up to expectations.
He said that despite the efforts of Cyril Dessers during the match against Rwanda, the football authorities found a way of labelling the striker. He said:
"Football is a team sport. From that alone you already know why the Super Eagles is not performing.
"Dessers who was one of the instrumental players that helped us to win three days before they are being criticized after you lost a game. Now they are being criticized."
Oliseh calls for drastic action against NFF
Legit.ng earlier reported that Super Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has called for drastic measures against the board of the Nigerian Football Federation if Nigeria fail to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The former Super Eagles captain added that failure to qualify for a World Cup sets the country's football back by eight years, and Nigeria being on the verge again could kill the country's football.
Source: Legit.ng
