Former Nigeria striker, Brown Ideye, has warned that the present crew is closely reliant on objectives from Victor Osimhen, forward of the 2026 World Cup playoffs.
Osimhen grabbed a hat-trick because the Tremendous Eagles hammered Benin Republic 4-0 on Monday night, to complete among the many 4 greatest runners-up in Africa.
It took his tally to 29 objectives in 42 appearances, solely behind the late Rashidi Yekini who nonetheless holds the report with 37.
Osimhen’s six objectives within the qualification sequence additionally made him Nigeria’s prime scorer.
Nonetheless, no different Tremendous Eagles participant got here shut. Tolu Arokodare, Semi Ajayi, Frank Onyeka, William Troost-Ekong, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Akor Adams, Kelechi Iheanacho, Raphael Onyedika and Calvin Bassey all contributed only one aim apiece.
“If Victor Osimhen is the one striker doing numbers in relation to scoring objectives for the Tremendous Eagles, then we have now an issue if we make it to the World Cup.
“The opposite strikers must step up their recreation,” Ideye wrote on X.
