Olympic Team V assistant coach, Benedict Iroha has absolved Super Eagles back line of blame in the 3-1 win of the Albicelestes of Argentina.
Two quick first half goals by Gonzalo Higuain and Angel de Maria and a poorly gifted own goal by Efe Ambrose gave the South Americans victory on a Tuesday afternoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nigeria’s lone goal was scored by substitute, Chinedu Obasi.
Instead of apportioning blames on the back line, Iroha told SuperSport.com that the same error committed by our defenders was equally committed by the Argentine.
“The shortcoming of the back line was also that of Argentina only that the Argentine made effective use of their chances to score goals than us.
“Our back line did not fail. In fact, I am impressed by their performance. The problem is simply that we did not use our chances as the Argentine did.”
Aside, the former Nigerian ace defender said there was no vengeance in the game. “Argentina and Nigeria are two big football nations.
“Argentina just wanted to prove a point by taking the game to a neutral ground aimed at telling the world that they can beat us.
“We defeated them in Nigeria 4-1 and they beat us 3-1 in Bangladesh.
“Against us in Abuja, they did not present their full squad and in Bangladesh the reverse was the case. We did not play with our full squad, so any talk of revenge or vengeance should not come up.”
On whether the timing of the friendly international was appropriate, the former Iwuanyanwu Nationale said that will not be an excuse for failure.
“These players are professionals, they are trained to play anytime and anywhere, timing of a match is not an excuse,” he told SuperSport.com.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayTwo quick first half goals by Gonzalo Higuain and Angel de Maria and a poorly gifted own goal by Efe Ambrose gave the South Americans victory on a Tuesday afternoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nigeria’s lone goal was scored by substitute, Chinedu Obasi.
Instead of apportioning blames on the back line, Iroha told SuperSport.com that the same error committed by our defenders was equally committed by the Argentine.
“The shortcoming of the back line was also that of Argentina only that the Argentine made effective use of their chances to score goals than us.
“Our back line did not fail. In fact, I am impressed by their performance. The problem is simply that we did not use our chances as the Argentine did.”
Aside, the former Nigerian ace defender said there was no vengeance in the game. “Argentina and Nigeria are two big football nations.
“Argentina just wanted to prove a point by taking the game to a neutral ground aimed at telling the world that they can beat us.
“We defeated them in Nigeria 4-1 and they beat us 3-1 in Bangladesh.
“Against us in Abuja, they did not present their full squad and in Bangladesh the reverse was the case. We did not play with our full squad, so any talk of revenge or vengeance should not come up.”
On whether the timing of the friendly international was appropriate, the former Iwuanyanwu Nationale said that will not be an excuse for failure.
“These players are professionals, they are trained to play anytime and anywhere, timing of a match is not an excuse,” he told SuperSport.com.
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