It was not the best of returns to the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) for the Super Eagles B team as they lost 1-0 to champions Senegal in their opening Group D match in Tanzania on Tuesday.
A defensive error in the Super Eagles B backline was punished by the Senegalese with 15 minutes left to play.
It was Senegal’s only shot on target which fortunately resulted to the only goal of the tight encounter.
In terms of ball possession the Super Eagles B had 58 percent to Senegal’s 42 percent.
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Also, the Nigerian side edged it in pass accuracy with 75 percent while the CHAN reigning champions had 70 percent.
It was a game that was devoid of clear-cut scoring opportunities as both teams cancelled each other out in every aspect of the encounter.
But in the 75th Senegal took the lead thanks to Christian Gomis who slotted into an empty net after the Super Eagles B defence failed to deal with a harmless pass from the midfield.
The home-based Eagles will hope to bounce back from the defeat in their next game against Sudan on August 12.
In the group’s first fixture, Sudan conceded with four minutes left to settle to a 1-1 draw with Congo.
By James Agberebi
4 Comments
It was a slugfest of a match, totally uninteresting to watch. That said, Senegal played some sleek football with creative passing routines. Nigeria played direct football with poorly executed long ball.
I don’t think any Nigerian player stood out.
The result aside, this match will not live Long in the memory.
We now see the reason why coaches don’t always want to include home based players in Super Eagles matches.
They were just playing individual games instead of them to play as a team. None of them still stand out.
Their failure has nothing to do with the coach. The boys are not good. The team would have been better if they played as a team. I heard from Brilla FM that they were trying to impress foreign scouts. They put individual Glory ahead of that of the nation they represent. What a shame.
And that yeye boy called Mr crosser of the ball from the RB keep wasting ball and dude can’t even defend, such a sluggish player for a RB.
Let’s be honest CS this Senegalese team is terrible yet they could win against home eagles. You can write your stats but pre tournament stat shows they’re not in good form yet they expectedly defeated our team who couldn’t win against Zanzibar after 2 matches.
And please they don’t stand a chance against much organised Kwesi Appiah’s Sudan or Congolese. It’s a welcome home for home eagles indeed!