Samson Siasia blames embarrassing 6-2 match loss on players' poor performance
Mon Jun 06, 2016 08:14:am Sports
1.7K By Buchi Obichie
The Nigerian U-23 National Football Team were defeated 6-2 by the Dannish National Team at the Suwon Invitational Tournament on Saturday, May 4; and Coach Samson Siasia has attributed the loss to several mistakes made by his players.
At the post-match conference, Siasia said: "We got it wrong from the blast of the referee's whistle; we made so many mistakes; we didn't play like we were meant to.
"The Danes did not play so well in their first game but they were tactically sound and we simply did not know how to defend against them.
"There were too many blunders on our side. We allowed them to control and pass the ball, and that's how we got killed. It's so embarrassing. I have never lost by six goals anywhere since I started my coaching career. All the same, that's why we are here, to look at the guys that can play, and the ones that we can take to the Olympics.
"It is very embarrassing, not because we lost, but the way we lost. Now, we have to snap out of it. We still have one more game to play, we will work hard to see that one turns out differently."
The Nigerian team had earlier lost 1-0 to the South-Koren team, at the first match of the tournament.
The U-23 team will play its last game at the tournament against Honduras on Monday.
At the post-match conference, Siasia said: "We got it wrong from the blast of the referee's whistle; we made so many mistakes; we didn't play like we were meant to.
"The Danes did not play so well in their first game but they were tactically sound and we simply did not know how to defend against them.
"There were too many blunders on our side. We allowed them to control and pass the ball, and that's how we got killed. It's so embarrassing. I have never lost by six goals anywhere since I started my coaching career. All the same, that's why we are here, to look at the guys that can play, and the ones that we can take to the Olympics.
"It is very embarrassing, not because we lost, but the way we lost. Now, we have to snap out of it. We still have one more game to play, we will work hard to see that one turns out differently."
The Nigerian team had earlier lost 1-0 to the South-Koren team, at the first match of the tournament.
The U-23 team will play its last game at the tournament against Honduras on Monday.
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