Chelle praises Femi Azeez but says there’s room for improvement

Nigeria national football team head coach Éric Chelle has congratulated Man of the Match Femi Azeez on his impressive debut performance while also highlighting areas the winger must improve.

Azeez enjoyed a dream start to life with the Super Eagles, scoring twice in Nigeria’s 2-0 victory over the Zimbabwe national football team in the Unity Cup semi-final at The Valley on Tuesday.

The Millwall winger opened the scoring in the fifth minute after being set up by Terem Moffi.

Moffi also provided the assist for Azeez’s second goal shortly after the hour mark.

Despite praising the winger’s finishing, Chelle admitted he was not fully satisfied with aspects of the player’s overall performance.

“He scored two goals, I congratulate him, but he lost a lot of balls, so not happy with him even though he recovered some of these balls,” Chelle said during his post-match press conference.

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“I also asked them to do the high pressing for the whole 90 minutes.”

The former Mali coach also commended his experimental squad for their overall display, insisting the team played with remarkable cohesion despite several players making their debut appearances.

“It was not easy for some of the players to play for the first time against a strong team like Zimbabwe,” he added.

“But this is a friendly not a World Cup or AFCON qualifier.

“All the same we deserved our victory and I am happy for the result.”

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