Ivory Coast winger Gervinho has sensationally declared that the 'football gods were on Nigeria's side' after the Elephants lost 1-2 in one of the quaterfinals to remember at the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa.
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Goals by Emmanuel Emenike and Sunday Mba sandwitched Chieck Tiote's effort as the Super Eagles booked a semifinal date with Mali.
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Gervinho has now voiced his sentiments following his side's failure to live up to their favourites tag as they came unstuck against a gutsy Nigerian side.
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'' We played well but I guess the football gods were on Nigeria's side. It's history repeating itself all over again ''.
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'' We are so dissappointed with this loss to Nigeria. We tried to win and that didn't happen despite us playing so well ''.
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'' We would have preferred to win rather than just playing well. I don't know how to justify this so we can only apologise to the fans '', he said.