Wikki Tourists’ head coach Abdu Maikaba has admonished the handlers of the U-23 national team to tell the players to work on collective defending especially when the lose possession after a foiled counter-attack.
The Bauchi side made of reserved players held Samson Siasia’s U-23 team to a 3-3 draw and Maikaba, in a chat with SportingLife, advised the team to work on retracing their steps when they go forward to get goals, so that their opponents do not capitalise on this to nail them.
Maikaba admitted that the U-23 side were better against his team with their all-attacking style of play but that they got their three goals through their foes’ inability to defend after they lost the initiative in attack.
“The U-23 side are a good team and they dominated the game from the beginning to the end, but they failed to properly clear their lines after they lost possession in attack. We only created seven scoring chances and scored three goals as against them that had over 18 chances and only converted three too. If they can collectively defend it will make them a great side,” Maikaba told SportingLife.