I'm a believer already!!! If all university lecturers are this calm n understanding I feel like I just finished a coaching course🤔😂😂

I’ve never felt so proud of being a Nigerian 😭❤️. I hope to represent Nigeria at the highest football level too someday

Great to see an African coach being given a platform like this on KZfaq.

And Eguavoen proceeded to use the same tactic Westerhof used against Stoichkov on Salah yesterday😊

Great to see an African tactician on here. Next get Pitso Mosimane to explain his Al Ahly and overall playing philosophy

I am 13 and I watched this video with my Dad. He says the Super Eagles should watch this video the night before their first match at AFCON 2021 in Cameroon.

That intelligence he is talking about is what we call "idea ball" on the streets

Watched this clip like 5 times today. Quite inspiring to hear him speak and analyze super eagles football the way he did. Respect sir!

I love this video, me personally I want us to make use of the wings (ejuke and Samuel) we are eagles and eagles needs wings to fly.

Wow! Didn't know how much of a football scholar Eguavoen is. Reminds me of when coaches like Klopp or Guardiola describe tactics. It seems the Super Eagles are in the right hands.

Cerezo is a cerebral coach. Those names he mentioned brought tears to my eyes. Stephen Keshi, Friday Ekpo, Etim Esin, Edema Fuludu, Uche Okechukwu, Humphrey Edobor, Tunde Bamidele and so on

Our strength has always been on the wings any wonder why moses simon is doing so well. The spine of this current team is Ekong, Ndidi, Iheanacho. Any wonder why they have played all 3 games so far🙌🙌💪💪

Now I see why we dominated Egypt. This is brilliance!

NFF should organise a coaching academy and drill this our philosophy into the coaches. We can't afford to loose this.

Cerezo Egu Baba! What a fantastic and in-depth analysis. Eguavoen has always been a force to reckon with in the history of Nigerian football from his playing days to the present. This is a coach who led a European club (albeit a second tier team) to a second place finish in their league. He was the gaffer that secured bronze for the senior national team in Africa most prestigious and competitive tournament some years ago. What else do you need as a CV? Nigeria has enough resources, but it is either we don't know how or we are not patient to harness these resources. We believe and rely too much on oyibo things. Eguavoen has always maintained a very quiet, humble and dedicated personality. Though not as famous as Okocha, but he is endowed with secret intelligence. Kudos man!

Nigeria will win afcon2021. i had watched the tournament already in my dreams. watch out for the 2 - 0 score line, it would be symbolic.

Nigeria is a great country.

Coach Eguavoen is actually a smart COACH👌

I can listen to his analysis the whole day, very impressed. Wishing you the best CEREZO.

Master class. Even after all these many years, he remembers everything thing that they were doing in the pitch including the organisation of it.

I’m a Ghanaian but I think Nigerians have to keep this coach after the afcon. If they don’t keep him, We(Ghanaians) will crash them out of the World Cup. We face each other in the World Cup qualifiers 24-29 March 2022. I think this man is very knowledgeable. That’s my humble opinion to my Naija friends. Hubert Appiah (Atlanta Ga 🇺🇸 US).

Austin Eguavon is really a technical analyst. Kudos to the editorial team on this one..

when i saw rumors of him wanting to invite nwakali. I felt like this man is good he knows what super eagles need now and this video is a confirmation

this vid hits better with the win yesterday

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Wow...I am really impressed by this vision. I have always known Eguavoen as a chill player in his playing days. He maintains the same calm demeanor in coaching...plus, based on this video alone I can tell he is an excellent teacher. A young talented kid could not have asked for more in a leader and mentor. I only pray that the typical dysfunction that the NFF is known for, will not scuttle this vision. Well done coach!

Eguavoen knows his stuff. Best wishes, bro.

I do not think any foreign tactician will do a better job than Eguavoen,,he’s been to the battlefield before and he understands our football DNA.Heshould take us to the World Cup.

After listening to this, why in the world would we still want to hire a foreign coach 🤦🏾‍♂️

Elite content... Love it 🔥

Something that the football association can do is to ensure that the fundamentals and principles of her football philosophy is taught to all coaches in the local league. Such that every player under their guidance already have these principles engrained, it makes working together in the national team easier and provides a path way for local players to make the national teams at all levels.

I am sold. Give this man the chance to take this team to the Nations Cup at least. Awesome analysis 👌🏾

Wow listening to coach talk, got a lot of respect for him, he needs to be in and round the super Eagles even after AFCON.

More like what we expect as a Nigerian... we are a country of intellectuals, so how ironic is it that such people are rarely allowed to hold positions. Will his strategies work? Who knows, but at least he has a plan and vision. That's the competence we need. Also great that he's chronicling a Nigerian "philosophy" around football... being successful first requires that you establish an identity.

Man I have so much respect for Eguavon as a technical director & leading the team 🇳🇬. 🙌 great content

What a great analysis. No cap this is pure technicality & intelligence. Tbh if he isn't sound, he can't have this idea to analyze for over 20 minutes. We should expect a different Ball game from the Eagles. Even if they didn't win the cup at least we deserve to see a good performance not an eyesore we experienced during Clueless Rhor reign

Makes me believe. Atleast we have someone that understands the Nigerian football philosophy. The timing is just wrong. Hopefully he can instill his philosophy into the players and get a good result.

Maaaaannnnnn, loved this. Gives me some sort of hope ahead of Eguavoen’s time with this current team 😊

Football intelligence! I love that coach. In other words, QUICKNESS OF THOUGHT AND ACTION ⚽

There are two types of players in the Nigerian team, the first are former home-based players playing overseas and the second, diaspora players who've grown up in Europe. This distinction is important as it dictates the playing style of the current Super Eagles. The overseas home-based players are usually creative and street-wise having been born and football raised in Nigeria playing close ball control soccer on the streets, while the diaspora players are less creative but focussed, organised and disciplined reflecting a European football raising on standard soccer pitches. The balance between these two styles is the cause of conflict. Rohr favoured the organisational discipline of diaspora players, but failed to implement the set-play tactics that is common in Europe for this type of playing style. European team-play is like a variety of standard chess opening moves or scenes of a drama rehearsal, they rehearse, memorise and perfect how to organise themselves for scenes involving; corners, free kicks around the penalty area, byline crosses and penalty box crosses. This is how they score goals. Without set-play organisation European-raised players cannot function effectively, unlike our home-based overseas players who can apply inborn creativity or skill to break-down defences. This factor in combination with the growing presence of diaspora players has made the team-play boring and unexciting to Nigerians. Even though the Super Eagles are hard to beat, they no longer have the unpredictable impact of the street-wise creativity of Nigeria raised and born players. I believe the problem here is in the creative midfield, I like European raised Iwobi and Eribo, and I feel they deserve to be in the squad, but we need someone or two street-wise players - skilful dynamos, who are not as predictable; as an alternate to them. In my view Amoo is one of those players. My worry about Eguavoen is that he is looking to the past to revive a football culture or playing style, when the players he has on hand - are too European, and cannot play to that style. However credit to him for his tactical transparency in this video, but he should realise there is a difference between draughts and chess, the former looks at a problem in one dimension, the latter is multi-dimensional. Other than this there are some players Ahmed Musa in particular who are long past their best!

Very proud of Augustine "cerezo" Eguavoen..u have shown that if Nigeria is managed by proper knowledgeable people in the right places we would Excell beyond imagination,thanks for being good at what u do..u inspired me!!

I saw the solid spine in our match with Guinea Bisau. I saw this tactics in play.

At least we have a coach who is assesible to us, thank you Cerezo, God bless you, good luck

Excellent analysis Cezero! I swear, I didn't know he was this intelligent.

Why have we gone to get a foreign coach when we have eguavoen,? We don't use our head in this Nigeria,the guy knows his stuff 👌

I'm sorry for ever doubted this coach, I never knew he's this intelligent. Coach Eguavoen I'm so sorry sir

Well done Eguavoen!

That was a blast. Westerhof was the best thing to happen to Nigeria national team. The Odegbami set were the silver generation ... That 94 team were the Golden Generation. 💯

Felt like i just did a coaching course i tell you. He understands what our football needs. He is a deep coach i can say. His words are clear and intriguing ! Thanks coach !

Nice Analysis Cerezo 💯💯. A breath of fresh air!!!

You will go far if players are not selected based on favoritism, hand picked for you or selected base on how much they can offer.

Baba Egu, Professor 😃, I wish you all the best with game analysis and good result in AFCO, select the Nigeria team with logic and no emotion and win in cameroun

Stumbling into this video after Nigeria won their last group game against Guinea Bissau. Big ups coach Cerezo.

Either Eguavoen win AFCON or not, He should get the job. With short time he has been able to bring flares back to the super eagles and I hope NFF won’t make such a mistake to sign any foreign technical adviser.

Mustn't lie. I am impressed by his knowledge and analysis.

I no go lie the man know ball ooo and speaks so eloquently

Nigeria has quality going forward this time particularly from the wings. Question is how organized is the team defensively in open play and against set pieces?

Amazing production guys! Well done to the entire team behind this 👏🏽

Great Analysis of Coach Austin Eguavoen.

I was having goosebumps as I listen to Mr. Eguavone. Now it made sense why we enjoyed their play days. I enjoyed this.

I just watched this video am so suprise and impressed also happy that this is coming from an African and a nigerian at that..His recent victories at the afcon actually came from here the guy is a tactician ..Nigeria do not need any foreign coach so long this man is alive and there other very good local coaches they just need the right environment and right motivations.....NNF and the Federal Govt shuld please allow our local coaches florish just like brazile Nigeria in no time wil start exporting coaches to Europe and the rest of the world and the country's economy will be benifiting in taxes from the export of these coaches Nigeria shuld just kill corruption and favouritism our local coaches will do well over the world...

I liked every bit of this. It's very informative and educative. I also agree with Eguavoen wrt Ndidi holding back. Lastly, how does one enrolling into the coaching program of the association? I'd like to give it a trial.

The mention of Segun Odegbami sent shivers ...

WHAT A GREAT ANALYSIS BY OUR FOOTBALL ⚽️ LEGEND AUGUSTINE EGUAVOEN AKA CEREZO. I'M PROUD OF YOU SIR.

Yes this is what we call coaching at d highest level

I was 18 at the time. That team was the bomb. Depth in every department. They came to that tournament as the underdogs but covered themselves in glory..! Their heroics still reverberate to this day. Best super Eagles team ever assembled and to have ever adorned the green white green.

Man, o boy, I'm loving this man's footballing mind.

This man knows his stuff very well and is very confident. That is an excellent coach.

At long last, someone who understands our DNA. Gernot Rohr had no clue about our DNA and until we have a coach/manager that understands our inherent style and seeks the players that can fit in, we may be far away from success. Egu, thanks sir.

Great job Austin. It shows you are a hero any day and you can take the Super Eagle to the highest level. Shine Forth My Brother ❤️❤️❤️

Fantastic presentation! If there is one thing I might add is to coach errors out of young Nigerian footballers. Yes, speed, technique, and IQ are crucial but oftentimes our players betray themselves and the team by errors such as selfishness and lack of discipline.

Jayjay creating new things

Coach, I've believed in you before. But you just made me believe more in you. NFF should please jettison the idea of bringing in a foreign handler who doesn't understand our philosophy. You're the best boss. Go and deliver and silence your criticsm

He just got me excited about the Super eagles 🦅 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Who else is here after the drowning of the Pharoahs yesterday?😂

Beautiful analysis Eguavoen

Eguavoen i love you already🥺💚

i watched this with joy, awesome!!

Love this! This is like Coaches voice

Johan Cruyff really did some wonders with the dutch... Westerhoff brought it to Africa, and now: Guardiola, Tuchel and Arteta are replicating different dynamics of the game

Very proud of you and Nigerian football talents........

Amazing Video, give us more of this.

One of Africa's footballing jewels of all time.

What a smart coach. I'm sure he approved of Jose Peseiro.

Happy that he was retained, with the addition of Amunike who is a two-time U17 world cup winner we have a strong team in our hand. Amunike knows most of these players very well (iheanacho, nwankali, ndidi, osimhen, Awoniyi, chukueze) all passed through him. The NFF did a good job bringing him in.

Believe in your own!Believe in the abilities of your people & their intelligence🙏🙏Kudos,Augustine Eguavoen,Kudos🙏🙏🙏

Indept, concise, accurate and elequent. He could remember the 80s and 90s like yersterday. This is what d super Eagles need: A Nigerian football philosophy validated by our football history.

Excellent Analysis Coach!

This guy can win us world cup

This was a delight to watch and listen to.

This is lovely

Amazing production🔥🔥❤️

This is dope af

This is a delight to watch.....Great respect!.

This is amazing. Well done coach.

Quality content 👌🏾

More content like this will help our game. Educational

The great Austin Eguavoen, I remembered walking past your rented apart at Ewere Street off Medical Store Road, Benin City those days going to school. Great team of 1994 best squad ever. I would have liked to hear your explanation about the Italian defeat and especially the nothing foul that led to red card stuff!

1994 I stayed all night to watch that game

Master piece. Ughato sir.