Was Osihmen Right To Throw Tantrums at Lookman against Mozambique?

I am with Osihmen on this one.

Selflessness has been the foundation upon which the teamplay infrastructure that has produced a record 12 goals for the Super Eagles is built.

And, no one has epitomised this philosophy like Osihmen who has often fed his fellow strikers when he was perfectly within his rights to pull the trigger himself.

For Osihmen to channel his anger at excising a corrosive attitude that has the possibility of derailing a philosophy that has served the team well has to be seen as a good thing.

Well done to the team for this emphatic win.

Mozambique were careless to have allowed Iwobi free reign in midfield. Other teams wouldn't be so negligent.

The team is now at home within the fabric of of Chelle's diamond 4-1-2-1-2 formation which becomes 4-3-1-2 when the team is setting out and when it is defending.

Adherence to positional discipline with strict attention to details gave birth to the empathetic victory.

It was like a Playstation game really: Midfielder locates support striker who runs and cuts back to attacking midfielder to score. Or, centre midfielder to attacking midfielder who lays it across to centre forward to stab home, twice. Or, for the last goal, attacking midfielder locates support striker who makes no mistakes with an emphatic finish.

When you play football like AI, you get crazy Playstation scoreline; for the Super Eagles to blow Mozambique away with such an emphatic scoreline is simply bunkers.

This is the second round of the Afcon for crying out loud! Mighty Cameroon and Ivory Coast only managed to muster 1 goal advantage against this same Mozambique in this same tournament.

With this sort of ruthlessness from the Super Eagles powered by the locomotive of team-play on the tracks of selflessness, and you expect Osihmen not to be fuming!

He has every right to. Osihmen doesn't want this team to lose its focus, Osihmen doesn't want this team to lose its edge, Osihmen doesn't want this team to lose its USP (Unique Selling Point).

Osihmen is acutely aware that greater challenges lie ahead. Not all teams will be as dumb as to afford Iwobi the key of the midfield. What happens then? If Iwobi is curtailed and the strikers at the front are criminally selfish, what happens then? If the team allows the spirit of "every man for himself' pervade the team, what happens then?

Osihmen used his anger strategically this time around. He wilfully chose to make a big deal out of this small issue that can grow to become a bigger issue down the line if dealt with with small gloves, to drive home the point that, on the surface it might seem harmless, but, overall, of unchecked, selfishness will derail the fragile ambitions of this team.

Notice I said fragile. Osihmen is aware that the team is fragile in places: Iwobi can be curtailed, Nwabali can been breached, the team's entire infrastructure can be subdued, if care is not taken.

So, Osihmen is asking for maximum concentration, maximum application, maximum teamwork.

For that, I with not condemn his petulance.