 We're back with the breakfast to talk sports this morning with Monday Thomas. Thank you so much for joining us Now just a quick one Victor Siemen a Demola look man Alexi Will be and 20 other players have been included in Jose Poseros least for the upcoming African Cup of Nations That's African qualifying doubleheader against Guinea-Bissau Niger and Guinea-Bissau will meet the Mushouda Biola national stadium right there Abuja from the fifth of You know 25th, I beg your pardon 24th of March. That's 5 p.m That Friday just before jetting out for the reverse fixture three days later in Bissau now two players from the Flying Eagles squad that finished third recently in Egypt a surprise inclusion for you know The game and we're talking about Joe Aribo who had struggled for the game with his South Hampton team and is also invited now And I like to show your thoughts on that. How does that really make you feel? Spectre Super Eagles in action. What a time where it is a season where the likes of a Demola look man and Victor Siemen Blazing the trail right there in the Italian CRR and from the Nigerian point of view We are supporting this players. We are rooting this rooting for this players in Europe And it will be gracious for them to come to Nigeria and replicate that great performance I don't look man. I scored 10 plus goals in the Italian CRR and how about Victor Siemen? He's getting close to that 30 gold mark in the euphoria champions They and I'm talking about all competitions in the Italian CRR and it's a great season for Napoleon as well So seeing this players in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria is going to be great But there are some lapses for the Super Eagles the likes of a Joe Aribo who has not been performing according to reports He has been demoted to the under-23 of South Hampton. So that means in that midfield We don't really have some great talent will friend DD who has been in and out from the lesser city sports Not very strong. So that's another breakdown in our midfield Midfield activities a real friend DD Joe Aribo, not forgetting Paulo Nacho Who's not been getting great minutes for South Hampton? So if you're looking at it from the Victor Siemen and a developer point of view, we have a great squad But if you look at it in-depth, they say great games are one in the midfield and we don't have a good midfield That's a big problem. Joseph Asaro calling up some players yesterday I was quite impressed by mentioning two players who just finished the under-20 Nations Cup winning the bronze medal in that particular tournament the likes of Daniel Beme and the third choice goalkeeper from Giant British. I mean it comes to tell me that There is a chance for home base player There's a chance for young stars in the country showing some glimpse of hopes and with this under-20 being included So that means there is many more to come not forgetting Victor or Sotima who's a second-choice goalkeeper was also invited in place for Rivers United So in the whole I think it's a it's a very good team composed by Joseph Asaro But I'm really worried about our midfield just like our earlier stated We don't have the best of hands right now in current form. We don't have good midfielders. All right I do hope that Aribo is still training even if he's been demoted. I want the best performance for South Hampton before the last coach was fired Jose Pesero some Nigerians are not convinced of his potential or his ability to To lift the Supergirls to where they they really truly belong What do you expect, you know office coach because His his ratio winning ratio has not been too impressive Since he became coach of the Supergirls He hasn't really had too many opportunities and it's supposed to be be the first time Nigerians will really get a feel of Jose Pesero for Successive games, you know in in in a short time. So what would he say about a coach's ability and Based on what he has performed how he has performed since it became the national team coach and and of course his history generally Well, we've not really seen the best of Joseph Asaro yet I can remember when he was appointed the head coach of the Supergirls of Nigeria His main target was to qualify Nigeria to the nation's cup not to qualify Nigeria to the nation's cup But go into the nation's cup unless finisher are considerably a very good place Maybe the second or make it to the semifinals. So we've been playing friendly games We've also played some qualifiers if you can remember a factor I think it was 10 year old thrashing of Satomi and Prince in Nigeria's were in high heavens When that particular game if you want to judge from that game that Joseph Asaro has come into make that you're pretty Insiders I score inside, but you know, we played against Satomi and Prince. A lot of people also have arguments that that was a very small country and this double-headed friendly will also Will also give him some marks as far as his core cards It's concerned for the Supergirls of Nigeria and with the players informed now just like I rightly mentioned Coach Joseph Asaro with with the call-ups of this players not forgetting I met Musa who has been called up because of these years of service for the Supergirls of Nigeria I think his ability is up there as well It's still up there with nobody seen the best of it yet We've been just seen friendly games against Portugal where Nigeria lost woefully It was a sad one But we've also seen some sweet moments with coach Joseph Asaro. Let's just wait and see I'm pretty sure he's going to qualify Nigeria to the nation's cup and at the nation's cup that is where he's going to be tried and tested Well, just quickly. I mean, we are really out of time, but I'll just ask you in less than a minute What you think about the under 20? We're looking at the under 20 now and especially at the time where we know that it's only The likes of Ghana that has taken that and now looking at Nigeria Do you think we stand a chance of the flying Eagles right there? Playing that thought, please Oh, first of all, let me start from the African point of view. Senegal are tremendous and uh, I know Ghana are the only African team to win that competition way back in 2017 and guess what it was hosted by an African country Egypt and uh, this year's World Cup in Indonesia expect a lot from african mercy the likes of uh, Gambia also give their very best not forgetting Senegal as well and uh The likes of the third place side. I'm trying to remember the second place side was um Second I'm trying to remember the second place side, but that's by the way But let's go over Nigeria right now But we we saw them in the third place game that they did you a very best scoring a whole a lot of goals against their open Enter and uh, seeing them in the nation's cup or in the nation's cup They were prolific and the World Cup we expecting the best to come The Lombard and Boso is still very confident that it's going to be the head coach And that is very good for a manager knowing that he has a security for the next job That's going to give him confidence to do whatever he wants to do with the boys and knowing that some of the players already Promoted to the Super Eagles of Nigeria. So that means he's been doing a great job So we just expect him to do a great job in the World Cup as well Monday we have to go because we we will be joining the newsroom at nine o'clock for the news brief We're pretty out of time, but the conversation will continue right here on a plus TV Africa many. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate you Hope the conversation continues longer next time All right, then All right, that's the size of our package It's been a very thrilling week right here on the breakfast and plus TV Africa And uh, we will be counting down to elections tomorrow Of course plus TV Africa election studios will be on throughout the election period We call it the palace. So don't make it a date with us through the election as you Voting and even as you at home. 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