Super Eagles gaffer Jose Paseiro has attributed the defeat of his team to the wild dogs of Guinea Bissau to the inability of his players to convert chances in the game.
In a game that was completely dominated by the 3-time African Champion, the Nigerian team could not go past the Guinea Bissau goalkeeper despite creating many chances through some of their key players. In the 56th minute, Moses Simon drew gasps from the crowd as he missed from six yards, and Mendes saved brilliantly from Osimhen when the marksman was through on goal. Chukwueze blasted a couple of opportunities over the sticks and Paul Onuachu’s header flew away from goal with 12 minutes left.
“Firstly, congratulations to Guinea-Bissau. Secondly, we missed many goalscoring chances. But, I feel if we played for another hour we still wouldn’t score; sometimes it happens in football. I’m not happy of course, I’m sad with my team. But they did the max, they created many opportunities but it was a bad day” Paseiro said in his post-match reaction.
The defeat means Jose Paseiro has now lost his last 4 games in charge of the Nigeria National team, a streak he would be hoping to stop in the reverse fixture against Guinea Bissau next Tuesday
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