Nigerian football legend, Nwankwo Kanu has come out to defend the national team after their recent draw vs Sierra Leone.
Kanu recently revealed that the Super Eagles are no longer minnows in African football.
According to him, the players stepped up their game in the return leg, but the terrible pitch and their mental state led to their inability to secure a victory.
He added that fans must realise that football is not mathematics, and not beating Sierra Leaone is no sign of decline.
His words, “Going by the game [on Tuesday], the Super Eagles did not concede any goal and to me, that is a sign of improvement,”
“To me, that is not a bad result when compared with what happened in Nigeria. They should have won in Freetown but as we all saw, their pitch was bad and I’m sure our players were playing with caution to avoid a repeat of what happened in Benin City.
“The fact remains that we have to qualify for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, and I believe that the boys will get the job done.”
“In the first leg, we scored four goals in the first 30 minutes, that is Nigeria playing but the scoreline changed in the second half,”
“We must realise that football is a sport where one plus one will never give you two. The game against Sierra Leone is a wakeup call or maybe it is trying to point our attention to something we are not doing right.
“But honestly speaking, football has really changed and those countries we call whipping teams have grown and are not where they used to be.
“Not being able to beat Sierra Leone is not a sign of decline, we still have the quality players who can score five goals against any team in the world. All we just need to do is learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them again.”
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