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| Gernot Rohr |
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Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr
refused to make excuses for his side after they were beaten 2-0 at home by
South Africa on Saturday, yet insists he has confidence in them.
Chidozie Awaziem replaced
Kenneth Omeruo in the defence, while Ahmed Musa was kept on the bench for
impressive Moses Simon.
Tokelo Rantie and Percy
Tau’s second half strike were enough to hand Bafana Bafana their first win over
the Super Eagles, sending the hosts to their first defeat since Rohr took
charge.
It was a disappointing
evening for the three-time Africa champions, but the German tactician has
refused to give any explanations for losing, assuring his side would learn from
their mistakes.
”My young team had a good
first half, they played very well but they didn’t score. And in the second
half, we knew that the experienced South Africans could be dangerous on
counters and that happened,’’ Rohr told media after the game.
”We had difficulties to
finish the match physically because some of my players were tired. We tried to
put in three offensive players to bring some power in the attack but it was not
enough .
”We knew that South Africa
were unbeaten in 17 now 18 games and expected a tough game.
”After this kind of game,
we are expected to make progress. My young team with an average age of 23 years
today – the youngest in Africa will learn, they will not repeat the same
mistakes.
”We controlled the game
until the goal and after that, they became nervous. But I trust these players
and I will not like to give any excuses.
”I am satisfied with my
team and we have to be positive because we cannot always win. We win and we
lose together.’’
Credit: www.Goal.com
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