AFCON 2021: What I Discussed With The Players At Half Time And Why We Lost – Eguavoen

 Nigeria’s Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has revealed his discussion with the Super Eagles players at half-time of their 1-0 defeat to Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria, having beaten Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau in their opening three matches went into Sunday’s encounter as one of the most feared teams in the tournament, but were surprisingly humbled by the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, who caged their main attackers, while holding them from flying.

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In the encounter, Nigeria recorded no shots on target but the attack became lively with the late introduction of attacker Sadiq.

According to Coach Eguavoen, the Tunisians stopped the Super Eagles wingers, Moses Simon in particular, from doing damage.

“They formed their defense on a low block and then our ball movement from defense into midfield and attacking positions was sometimes slow,” Eguavoen told the press after the game.

“That gave them the opportunity to always recover and double team on Simon and Chukwueze. We spoke about it when the game was on, it still didn’t improve.

“In the first half, we discussed it, in the second half, the ball movement to the sides became a little bit faster but be that as it may the Tunisians forming a low block was a little bit difficult to crackdown.”