Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has heaped plaudits on his players after they earned a place in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The West Africans defeated South Africa 4-2 on penalties in a keenly contested semi-final tie at the Stade de la Paix on Wednesday night.
William Troost-Ekong gave Nigeria the lead from the spot on 63 minutes, while Teboho Mokoena equalised for Bafana Bafana on the dot of 90 minutes.
Peseiro was full of praises for his players for their impressive performance in the game.
“The players deserve to be in the finals, it’s a very good victory against a good team,” Peseiro told reporters after the game.
“I said it earlier that South Africa have the best of organization because they play together and they created more problems for us. It was very difficult to beat them,” he said after the game.”
The Super Eagles will face hosts Cote d’Ivoire in the final at the Alassanne Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan on Sunday.
By Adeboye Amosu in Abidjan
Photo by Ganiyu Yusuf
12 Comments
Welldone GENERAL PESEIRO!
Infact the NFF should start preparing a life contract for you…
We want you to continue as coach of the super eagles till you die..
Aaahhh. That coming from Monkey!!!!! Did you take some bananas this morning? Well you should be careful because rohr’s agents are watching you. Remember that you still have a contract with them. You don’t support any other coach of Nigeria apart from rohr until eternity – that is the contract you had. (Laugh)
Wish I could dig out all your insults on this man and the NFF. Moral lesson: The best way to reply your enemies is to succeed. Peseiro will help people like you bury the ghost of Genot Rohr
Anybody that didn’t believe in peseiro was right to do so and I was one of them, I even said if the team should get pass quarter final that will be a miracle. And I won’t lie is still a miracle to me how peseiro came good.
The man started off like one clueless coach playing five strikers in a match and doesn’t look like he has any game plan.
He won me over 100%. Weather someone was against the coach or someone was in support of him all is for the good of SE.
Ahhh my guy don finally eat humble pie. Keep it up.
Nawa ohhh. He should continue till he dies? He will run out of ideas, and degenerate into generational gap syndrome.
Well, the Super Eagles are winning the final match. Mark this day.
The power of believe and confessions.
1. Listen to rohr: “My players are still young sins semi final is a good target.
Results: He got to the semi final and got booted out by a team he beats roundly during world cup qualifiers.
2. Listen to pesero: “I am here in Nigeria and I want to win afcon. In fact we are winning afcon”
Results: He is in the final against all expectations. Despite a difficult semi final, he won on penalties.
I disliked rohr for confessing semi final for Nigeria. He should do that for Benin republic and nit Nigeria. This is afcon for goodness sake.
What you confess as a coach, teacher, leader or even parent will go a long way to determine the lots and the reactions of your followers.
Pesero even if you don’t win this ( God forbid) you have lived up to your words. You have surpassed my expectations.
No he must win it!He should!We should always think positive and never settle for less.
The trophy is the ultimate prize WE WANT IT!
Coach piseiro is very confident and realistic coach who does not underate his opponent but at the same time gives his players an infectious confidence.
Akp. That was what westerhof did.
The coach deserves all the praises that he is getting, in fact, even more. His beginnings were far below expectations by any yardstick. Instead of allowing this AFCON to finish him off, Passero finished off AFCON BEYOND EXPECTIONS.
At last, Paseiro has become a General (according to Monkey Post).
Now I believe you are a Nigerian and not a Ghanaian lol.
May we all have cause to rejoice after the finals.
Thanks to all Super Eagles fans for supporting our darling team.