With Nigeria's Loss to Argentina by a 3-2 and Bosnia win to Iran by 2-0 victory,Super Eagles became the First African Team to qualify for the Second round,Eagles coach Stephen Keshi reviews loss to Argentina
saying that Nigeria gave Argentina too much respect.‘’I think that we gave Argentina too
much respect in the first half. That is why we played deep not trying to
concede goals. It is not in our character to play defensive game.
We are known for attacking football like Argentina. But that changed in the
second half and we took control of the game and the possession.I think that the
game was good with my players improving in all gamesStephen Keshi also poured
encomiums on Argentine player Lionel Messi .Despite the loss, Nigeria finished
second behind Argentina and moved into the second round to face France.Asked if
his team played against Argentina or Messi, he laughed and said; ‘’Messi is a
blessing to football. You can’t take it away from him.There are other talented
players in the Argentine team but I think that Messi is from another planet.
Messi is from Jupiter”, he said causing an uproar of laughter from the media.
Source: Vanguard
4 comments:
Whichever way,Oga keshi Nigeria has qualified,I can't wait to see what France holds for us.hmmmmmmmmmmm
Same happened in US 94 when we played Argentina, too much respect for Maradona and now Messi...
the truth is the midfield was in the strong hold of messi until he left. the Nigerians were awed by super star Messi. RUBBISH
Not a professional way to go.
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