{"id":852210,"date":"2025-05-30T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/every-word-from-eric-chelle-and-moses-simon-before-unity-cup-final-vs-jamaica\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T16:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:12:33","slug":"every-word-from-eric-chelle-and-moses-simon-before-unity-cup-final-vs-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/every-word-from-eric-chelle-and-moses-simon-before-unity-cup-final-vs-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"Every word from Eric Chelle and Moses Simon before Unity Cup final vs Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle and key player Moses Simon shared their thoughts on the game against Jamaica, slated to be held in London tomorrow, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The three-time Africa Cup of Nations champions booked their place in the final of the Unity Cup following a 2-1 victory against their fiercest rivals, Ghana, at the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Nantes forward, Simon, who is experiencing his first tournament in the United Kingdom, expressed confidence and respect for the opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI feel good. This is my first time playing a tournament like this in the UK, and of course, we\u2019re prepared. We know what it takes. There are no easy games when it comes to Nigeria,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1060594813-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Simon Moses\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2045\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160138\">Douglas Augusto and Moses Simon of FC Nantes celebrate 1st goal during the Ligue 1 match between OGC Nice and FC Nantes [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Acknowledging the strength of Jamaica\u2019s squad, the former KAA Gent forward revealed that beating the Raggae Boyz in the final of the competition will not be easy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He added: \u201cJamaica have a strong team. Beating them in the final won\u2019t be easy. They have a good coach, good players\u2014just like us. So, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1039946057-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Super Eagles stars Simon Moses and Alex Iwobi\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158037\">Alex Iwobi, Simon Moses of Nigeria and Alfredo Kilembe Ribeiro and Manuel Luis Da Silva Cafumana of Angola during the TotalEnergies Caf Africa Cup of Nations Afcon 2023 match between Nigeria and Angola [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 29-year-old also touched on one of West Africa\u2019s famous rivalries when asked about competition off the pitch:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say Ghana\u2014because we\u2019re very close, and we always argue about jollof rice! Especially with Jamaica too, there\u2019s a kind of historical rivalry. It\u2019s not about war, just about who\u2019s better\u2014and who has the best jollof rice. If you watched the last game, you\u2019d know who has it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago1039520876-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Eric Chelle\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1821\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146484\">Eric Chelle Mali \/\/ during a African Cup of Nations Group E game, Namibia vs Mali [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the coaching side, Eric Chelle kept his focus firmly on his own team\u2019s preparation and performance rather than the opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk too much about Jamaica\u2014I\u2019m not their coach. My focus is on my team and how we approach this game,\u201d Chelle said. \u201cThe most important thing for me is how the players play, how much they improve each day in training. That\u2019s what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chelle will be hoping to build on his last victory against Ghana when they face Jamaica tomorrow at Brentford\u2019s home stadium.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/eric-chelle-moses-simon-unity-cup-jamaica.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle and key player Moses Simon shared their thoughts on the game against Jamaica, slated to be held in London tomorrow, Soccernet.ng reports.\u00a0 The three-time Africa Cup of Nations champions booked their place in the final of the Unity Cup following a 2-1 victory against their fiercest rivals, Ghana, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":852211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[619,140853,2005],"tags":[140851,6756],"class_list":{"0":"post-852210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-every","8":"category-chelle","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-chelle","11":"tag-every"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}