Nduka Ugbade claims foreign-based players destabilized Flying Eagles

Them fuck up joor...Hehe...Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U-20 team, Nduka Ugbade, has said that the limited time the foreign-based players had to work with the team, is one of the major reasons the Flying Eagles flopped at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Kelechi Iheanacho, Musa Yahaya and Isaac Promise are some of the key names that were supposed to add experience and bite to Manu Garba’s team, but they all ended up playing cameo roles.
The African champions crashed out in the second round after losing 1-0 to Germany.

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“That was not what we expected considering what the team has achieved all through the year but at this point, it is very difficult to analyse what the situation is,” Ugbade told Goal.
“The error we made was bringing the foreign-based players into the team and not having enough time to work with them. It really affected the team psychologically and it became very difficult to come out of it till we crashed out of the competition against Germany.
“For almost one year and a half, we had not worked together. The fitness level and tactical approach in U20 were totally different from what was obtainable at U17.”
Ugbade added that although it would be difficult, but if the team is kept together, they will go on and rule the world someday.
“One is not going to be able to keep them together for a long period of time because of the trend in world football. Most of the players would get teams abroad, while some will remain in the local league,” he added.
“The key thing here is for us to correct our mistakes in New Zealand and hope for a brighter future. If against all odds Serbia could win the U20 World Cup, who says these boys in many years to come can’t win the Fifa World Cup for Nigeria?”
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