Barely 3 years after the competition, goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has opened up on what happened to him in the 2021 African Cup Nations in Cameroon.
The Udinese goaltender was in goal for the Super Eagles in the tournament and many believed that his error was responsible for the ouster of the country against Tunisia.
While speaking on a YouTube chat with Oma, Okoye admitted that he misjudged the kick from the Tunisia forward.
At that moment, I told myself I should have done better. It pains me till today, to be honest.
“You could see it was a mistake because I had to keep the ball out of the goal. If I want to play at Inter Milan, then I have to do better in such situations.
“I’m not just talking about what I read on social media, it’s more about the feeling of letting your teammates down, your family down, and letting your country down.
People will always say something bad about you. I know myself that I didn’t do good in that situation, and I know that I let my teammates and my country down in that situation.
“And I’m still to this day unhappy and sad about it, and I wish I could do differently, but it happened and I learned from my mistake”, he said.
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