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Nigeria suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Guinea and Super Eagles boss Jose Peseiro gave a few reasons for the disappointing result.
Nigeria wrapped up their AFCON 2023 preparation in Abu Dhabi with a disappointing 2-0 loss to Guinea which has of course triggered widespread pessimism about the Super Eagles' chances at the tournament in Ivory Coast.
Aguibou Camara and Facinet Conte were the goalscorers for Guinea in the upset at the Bani Yas Stadium and now the Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has given the reasons for the result.
The Portuguese tactician narrowed the result down to a change in tactical approach and personnel while also claiming to have been satisfied with the performance of the team.
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18:08 - 08.01.2024
Nigeria 0-2 Guinea: 3 reasons the Super Eagles were embarrassed in Abu Dhabi
The Super Eagles of Nigeria suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Guinea in Abu Dhabi and here are three reasons it happened.
Peseiro reveals reasons for Super Eagles' defeat to Guinea
"I'm happy with the team, I changed the team, I didn't play all the players, I tried to manage in these two matches the team, we didn't show our first eleven, I'm happy," Peseiro said.
He further added context to the result by saying, "I'm happy with the first half, second half not so good, 2-0 is too much for what the team did."
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Peseiro was keen to emphasize the importance of winning while also downplaying the relevance of this result by blaming external factors and claiming it was mostly experimental.
"It is important to win of course, I prefer to win than lose but it's not important because we tried to put a new system it's the first time we played this way. Like I tell you in the first half we played very well, we put the other team in the back," he said.
He wrapped up by hailing the efforts of the team, especially the debutants, "The second half was not good but not so bad also. I'm happy with the work the players did up till now. Good performance by some players, Yusuf it was his first time playing with us in the national team, Stanley also."
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