Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youth and Sports on Wednesday described Nigeria’s 1-2 loss to Argentina as unfortunate.
According to Dalung, the loss was painful to Nigerians who felt it was a game that should have been easily won with everything going for the team until the dying moments of the match.
“I wish to apologize for disappointing Nigerians by our early exit from the World Cup, leaving many football loving fans devastated.
“We know the passion and football followership of Nigerians, but it is unfortunate that we couldn’t make it even to the next round.
“The players did their best in this game but the technical glitches cost us a second round ticket. How we couldn’t hold the ball for the last five minute is still a shock to us.”
Dalung attributed the loss to poor game management on the part of the technical crew and inexperience of the young team.
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