Eagles need stability –Imama

Super Eagles assistant coach Imama Amapakabo has called for stability in the team following the retirement of Mikel Obi and Odion Ighalo from the senior national team and the uncertainty surrounding the future of Gernot Rohr, Sports Extra reports.

The duo called time on their international careers after helping the Eagles clinch bronze at the just-concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Rohr’s future has also been thrown into doubt following the Eagles’ third-place finish at the AFCON.

“You must understand that this is a very young team. The bulk of them are young players: Samuel Chukwueze, Henry Onyekuru, Oghenekaro Etebo, Wilfred Ndidi, Jamilu Collins; all these players are quite young,” Amapakabo told Sports Extra.

“You need experience, stability of tenure, you also need players who have played for long to win a tournament of this magnitude and that is exactly what Algeria showed.

“The bulk of their players are more matured, experienced and it showed in the game.”

Regarding the tournament generally, he said, “It was not a bad outing for the team at all.

“Considering the pedigree of the teams in the tournament, taking out the defending champions, beating Bafana Bafana, who took out hosts Egypt, that tells you the credibility of our team and also tells you we can do better.”