Jose Peseiro came highly recommended.
When the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed the Portuguese as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, it was made obvious that Jose Mourinho was consulted.
“Of course Mourinho, I am not going to tell you we didn’t talk to Mourinho because we did and the (sports) minister also talked to Mourinho and there is nothing wrong with it,” the immediate past NFF chairman, Amaju Pinnick, said.
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised by the football Peseiro has served us.
Sometimes it has looked like the boring, lifeless, disjointed style Mourinho’s Roma plays every other week in the Serie A.
Nigeria came into Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea-Bissau at the Abuja National Stadium on the back of a three-game winless run.
But, of course, you would expect the Eagles to get a win against the Djurtus and end it.
They didn’t.
Mama Balde’s goal in the first half of the game proved to be the winner, as they won against…
