The Federal Government have praised the Super Eagles for their gallant efforts against Morocco despite losing 4-2 on penalties in Rabat on Wednesday night.
In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said the team’s performance remained a source of national pride, even though they fell short of reaching the final.
He urged the Super Eagles to hold their heads high and learn for this experience.
“Even in defeat, you showed character, teamwork, and resilience, and those qualities matter deeply to the nation you represent.
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“Football has its highs and lows, but your efforts, commitment, and fighting spirit throughout this tournament have earned the respect and gratitude of Nigerians at home and abroad.
“You reminded us that wearing the green and white is about courage, unity, and never giving up.
“Nigeria remains proud of you and grateful for the joy and hope you gave us during this competition,” Idris said.
Nigeria will battle Egypt’s Pharaohs in the third-place match on Saturday at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca. The Super Eagles are favourites with the online betting sites, with a 45% chance of winning in 90 mins, whilst Egypt have a 30% chance.
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Poor officiating cost us that game. Not more not less. In games of such magnitude the outcome can be decided by little margins which can be induced by the poor and bias officiating. A think its time the NFF started taking some of this football politics seriously. It is still within living memory how south Africa took SE to a pitch that was so bad that some of our star players ended up with injury. (E.g Ola aina, ) . When CAF change the referee to a Ghanian and a south African the NFF shouldnhb protested considering the fierse hatred and rivery which thse nations hv towards Nigeria.. . Some people may agree that we didnt loss because of poor officiating but i stand here and now to tefute such propostions. I can say from experience that poor officiating affects the players mental and psychological . Even physically the SE could not takle because they might be red carded. To cut a long story short the NFF should start looking at the politics of football to forestall this sort of things happening in future
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Bro i affirm with you, i just didn’t want to speak about it because some people can not see what we saw because they are blinded by their mindset.
Meanwhile Chukwueze and Bruno’s penalty makes me wonder how on earth people misbehave when it matters, especially Chukwueze who might be acting negatively as a result him been left on bench for so long.
A little more passion would have seen us win the match after the moroccan missed their second kick.
You’ve got it
How many times did you want the referee changed. Did you score a goal which was disallowed or did the referee kick the penalties? Accept defeat and move on. Your team did better than expected