Nigeria's Super Eagles coach, Berti Vogts, on Monday admitted that tactical blunder by the technical crew and the players led to Eagles ouster in the on-going Nations Cup on Sunday night, local media reported Tuesday.
The Eagles lost to 10-man Ghana team in the quarter-finals. "Wemade mistakes and got punished by Ghana. But football is like that; you win, draw or lose and it's most unfortunate. Even at the international level, mistakes are made and it is disappointing that we have to bow out like that," Vogts said.
The Super Eagles relinquished an early lead to lose 2-1 to host Ghana to exit at the quarter-finals stage for the first time in 24years. The German trainer says the Ghanaians, who made nonsense of their numerical disadvantage were the better of the two sides.
According to him: "This is a young team playing against a very experienced Ghana side that did very well at the World Cup in Germany last year."
The disappointed coach said his side would now emphasize on reorganizing for the future. Nigeria won only once in four games and this has put the coach under pressure.
Vogts said the Super Eagles would return home with the intention of keeping the team and building upon their positives for the future.
The team, which boasts of respected strikers like Yakubu Aiyegbeni; Obafemi Martins and John Utaka scored only thrice in all four games. Nigeria had made the semi-finals of every competition since the mid-70s.
Source: Xinhua
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