Tremendous Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has mirrored on his workforce’s hard-earned win over the Crocodiles of Lesotho.
The three-time African champions scraped previous Leslie Notsi’s aspect 2-1 in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matchday 9 encounter in Polokwane on Friday night time.
William Troost-Ekong and Jerome Akor Adams had been on the right track for the Tremendous Eagles within the recreation.
The Tremendous Eagles stay in third place in Group C with 14 factors.
Chelle stated his gamers had been below stress to win the sport.
The Malian additional said that they may hold combating to safe a spot on the mundial.
“Right this moment, we’re comfortable as a result of we acquired the three factors, we’re nonetheless alive , possibly the journalists can do the arithmetic for us.
I’m comfortable for my gamers, i wish to congratulate them,” Chelle stated throughout his interplay with the media after the sport.
“We really feel the stress since March. Everytime my gamers come to camp they really feel the stress as a result of it is necessary for Nigeria to be on the World Cup.
“Now we have quite a lot of stress. This isn’t a proof about our place, it’s simply the fact. Often is the win will take away our stress. It was not straightforward.”
