Mutiu Adepoju has noted that Nigerian fans expected too much from the Flying Eagles.
The country’s U-20 team crashed out of the World Cup, after they lost 1-0 to Germany in Christchurch.
Adepoju, who was a member of the Flying Eagles squad that claimed silver at the 1989 edition, insists that the boys have learnt important lessons in their development process.
“Shortly before the U-20 World Cup, the team won the African Youth Championship and has been winning all their matches, Nigerians got used to this and expected them to repeat that feat on the world stage. Honestly, in football it doesn’t work that way,” Adepoju told Goal.
“It will be wrong to say they are over-hyped. Remember this team has not lost for a very long time and I’m sure they must have learnt from their mistakes and sometimes when you are building, it’s always good to know one’s weaknesses.
“We should not condemn the team, all we need to do is to move forward. Because there are lots of talented footballers in the squad.”
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