Coach Manu Garba blames Burkina Faso’s time-wasting tactics for Nigeria’s loss
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Coach Manu Garba blames Burkina Faso’s time-wasting tactics for Nigeria’s loss
Nigeria U17 coach, Manu Garba, was frustrated with Burkina Faso’s
time-wasting tactics in his side’s 3-2 loss at the Stade Municipal,
Niamey on Monday, September 3 at the ongoing 2019 Africa U17 Cup of
Nations zonal qualifiers.
In addition, the FIFA U17 World Cup-winning manager said that the
Golden Eaglets failed to convert several of their chances which
contributed to their loss in the opening game in Group B.
With Republic of Benin disqualified from taking part in the zonal
qualifiers after ten of their players failed MRI tests, Nigeria must
beat Ivory Coast on Thursday to stand a chance of reaching the
semifinals.
”I believe if the Burkinabes have not been falling down to waste
time, the story would have been different because we dominated
possession, we created a lot of chances too but didn’t take our
chances,” said Manu Garba.
”This is just the first match, we still have a chance to comeback to
the competition. A win against Ivory Coast, maybe, will take us to the
semifinals.”
Nigeria have won the World Cup on five occasions, most recently in
2015 but did not take part in the 2017 edition hosted by India.
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