Algerian new coach throws major jibe at Super Eagles players

- The Super Eagles will face Algeria in their last game of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers

- Algerian new coach has taken a huge jibe at the Eagles

- He said Nigeria players are mainly benchwarmers in their clubs

Algeria new coach, Rabah Madjer, has described the Super Eagles as a team of benchwarmers, which has only one regular player in its squad.

Speaking ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria on Friday, November 10, Madjer, who was one of the stars of the great Algerian side of the 1980s said the Super Eagles should not pose any threat to the North Africans because it is a team with many players who don’t get to play for their European clubs.

Nigeria is a team of benchwarmers – Algerian coach

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He said: “I have studied the Nigerian team, apart from Iwobi, every other player is mostly a substitute for his team in Europe, but that doesn’t mean they will not be at the level to face us.

Rabah Madjer believes that the Super Eagles players are a bunch of mediocre

“The game against Nigeria is not a friendly match for me…to me it is the first game of the qualifiers for the 2018 African Cup of Nations in Cameroun."

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NAIJ.com reported earlier that Super Eagles of Nigeria are currently in Morocco where they are preparing for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria and their friendly against Argentina.

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