{"id":352670,"date":"2025-01-17T07:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=352670"},"modified":"2025-01-17T07:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:45:05","slug":"super-eagles-newly-appointed-coach-eric-chelle-sends-message-to-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/super-eagles-newly-appointed-coach-eric-chelle-sends-message-to-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles: Newly appointed coach, Eric Chelle sends message to critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelle\u2019s appointment has been greeted with widespread criticism from football fans and pundits in Nigeria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Ready to progress with Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has expressed confidence that he has what it takes to achieve success with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Chelle\u2019s appointment has been greeted with widespread criticism from football fans and pundits in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Football fans in Nigerian believed he does not have the experience and expertise to tinker the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The former defender guided Mali to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations where they lost 2-1 to hosts Cote d\u2019Ivoire in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old also recently managed Algerian club, MC Oran.<\/p>\n<p>Chelle declared that he is the right man for one of the biggest coaching jobs in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to criticism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/im-ready-for-super-eagles-challenge-chelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelle<\/a> said \u201cAlready, there are a lot of people who say that I don\u2019t have much experience. 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