Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon, is confident that he and his team-mates, will recover from their 2-1 defeat to Algeria ahead of Wednesday’s third-place playoff.
William Troost-Ekong’s own goal gave the Desert Foxes the lead, before Odion Ighalo levelled in the second half.
However, with the last kick of the match, Riyad Mahrez smashed in a free-kick past Daniel Akpeyi.
Defeat to Algeria means Nigeria have been eliminated in five of their last six semi-finals at AFCON, after qualifying in six of their previous seven.
“We are very disappointed because I think we didn’t deserve it [to lose to Algeria].
“We all know how disappointing this defeat is but we are professionals and we’ll try and get this past us and fight back,” Simon told the media.
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