Which Formation will Eric Chelle Deploy at the Afcon?

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Finally, in a tournament-based environment, we will be able to see what tactical arrows Eric Chelle has in his coaching quiver.

I was pleasantly surprised when Eric Chelle introduced Awaziem at the tail end of the match against Congo to make it 5 at the back. Honestly, I didn’t know the Malian manager maintains such an arrow in his quiver.

Now, that 5-2-3 formation employed late stabilized the Super Eagles and ensured the match went to penalties. Make no mistakes Congo were about to score, in fact, Congo did score but it was ruled out due to a contestable foul that another referee might not have entertained.

My point: I saw Chelle employ several formations in that match. Which ones will he employ predominantly at the Afcon, 4-4-2, 4-1-3-2, 4-2-3-1 or 5-2-3? All of which Chelle employed at one point or the other.

Make no mistakes, for Afcon standard, the Super Eagles, Chelle’s Super Eagles is endowed with technically gifted players across the park. Chelle has no excuses for failure. Anything less than semi-finals will be failure.