Eagles Lack Good Leader - Kalusha
By Dipo Ogunsola - 12.09.2009

DEJECTED! Nigeria’s youngster, Ayodele
Adeleye was stunned after the game against
Tunisia in Abuja. Kalusha says he needs
a leader. Photo: AFP.FORMER African Footballer Of The Year (1988) Kalusha Bwalya, has identified leadership crisis as one of the problems of the current squad of Nigeria's Super Eagles.


The Zambian legend told SuperSports that the Eagles should have held on at 2-1 if they had a team leader in the game against Tunisia in Abuja during a 2010 World Cup qualifier last Sunday.


''With all the good players Nigeria have, I observed that the Eagles do not have a team leader. Leading by 2-1, all the Eagles needed was someone who would kick the ball into touch, into the stands over the bar so that he would create a time to communicate with his mates and reorganise them before the arrival of the ball from wherever he had booted it.''


The Seoul '88 Olympics hero blamed the Eagles for allowing Tunisia possession and space which resulted in the equaliser of Nigeria's second goal.


The former PSV Eindhoven of Holland playmaker advised Nigeria to look ahead and re-organise if the Super Eagles fail again to appear at the World Cup. ''This World Cup is very special to African teams. It is a rare opportunity, the World Cup may not return to the World Cup in another 50, 100 years so whichever team fails to take his chance should return to the drawing board. There are just five slots for Africa, so Nigerians will have themselves to blame at the end of the day.”



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Point of correction Bwalya.Eagles lacks good players