Why Super Eagles Lost Afcon Semi-Final to Algeria — Rohr

By Daily Sports on July 15, 2019

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr admitted his players were relaxed at the end of the game when they wanted to force Algeria into an additional 30 minutes of football in Sunday’s semi-final clash.

The Super Eagles fought back from a goal deficit in the second half to hold Djamel Belmadi’s men to a 1-1 draw until injury time.

After four additional minutes in stoppage time, Riyad Mahrez rose to the occasion and scored a free-kick in the last minute of the game to break Nigerian hearts.

The loss dashed the Super Eagles’ hopes of claiming their fourth Afcon title but Rohr praised his team’s fighting spirit despite the late stunner from ‘football genius’ Mahrez.

“It was a big fight until the last minute, it was a wonderful match, I think my players wanted it to go to extra time thinking Algeria were more tired,” Rohr was quoted as saying by

Reuters.

“We scored an own goal, unlucky, but we have come back every time in this tournament and this time we came back on a penalty. But a wonderful free kick from a football genius made the difference.”

Nigeria will face Tunisia in Wednesday’s third-place encounter at the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo. (Goal)

•Photo shows Algeria players 

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 15, 2019


 

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