Enyimba head coach, Finidi George has attributed his team’s exit from the African Football League to “few mistakes” made by side.
The Nigerian champions were eliminated from the inaugural edition of the competition following a 4-0 aggregate defeat to Morocco’s Wydad Athletic Club.
Enyimba lost the first leg 1-0 at home, before succumbing to a 3-0 defeat in the reverse fixture in Casablanca on Thursday night.
Finidi reflected on his side’s performance in the second leg.
“I think it was not a good match for us especially in the first half,” the Super Eagles assistant coach was quoted by the club’s official website.
“But I think it was because of the way Wydad played, a lot of pressure and few mistakes from my players,and they got that early goal.”
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Despite the heavy defeat, Finidi believes the future is bright for his side.
“We have a lot of young players,” Finidi noted.
“We are working towards something. I think in the coming years, these players will graduate and they will have that experience.
“For them, it’s a big experience playing in a big tournament like this. Unfortunately, we didn’t qualify. So, we’ll learn from what we’ve done wrong and try to be better in the future.
“It’s a good tournament, and for the young players that are coming up, it’s also a good experience for them. In one or two years they will have the experience and whenever they compete like this, they’ll do much better.”
It would be recalled that the two-time African champions also suffered an early elimination from the CAF Champions League.
The Aba giants will now shift attention to the defence of their Nigeria Premier Football League title.
By Adeboye Amosu
4 Comments
Until our league is improved upon, nothing will we ever win in club football. Mr Finidi, your coaching and team was not good enough, it’s not about mistakes
Trust me it is not about Coach Finidi at all, Enyimba doesn’t have any good player apart from that young boy Daga… If a coach or the coach tactic is bad atleas we will see some individual display from the players even if they lose, they can’t hold ball, they can’t posses ball and even at their own half they can’t complete 3 to 4 passes. Is Enyimba too broke to buy good players?
Daga has to leave that team before they corrupt his football. Finidi and Eyimba are nothing to write home about, so he should keep the lies or excuses to himself. They’ll boast before matches and loose yet they’ll have audacity to come and lie excuses after losing home and away.
Finding is talking unintelligent nonsense! How can positives be taken from constantly losing? The Nigerian League is simply below North African standard