Keshi picks positives from Eagles’ loss in Abidjan
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- Jul 28, 2013
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Stephen Keshi has chosen to take out the positives from the Super Eagles’ 2-0 loss to Cote d’Ivoire, in the second leg of their CHAN qualifier on Saturday.
Nigeria qualified 4-3 on aggregate and are now through to their first ever competition. Keshi described it as a good experience.
“We thank God we qualified at the end of the day but my boys did not pick up till the second half and I must say to you that I am happy and this is a great experience for a young side like the home based side,” he said at the end of the game.
The Eagles coach admitted that his players were not composed at the start of the game, which resulted in them conceding two quick first half goals.
He said: “If you say it was a game of two halves I may tend to agree with you. Because we started poorly largely due to experience and then when we came into the game they struggled against us, but that is football, we are just grateful to the NFF, Nigerians and God that we made it for the first time to the CHAN tournament.”
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