Moses Simon has expressed satisfaction with the Super Eagles victory over the Mediterranean Knights of Libya.
The three-time African champions laboured to a 1-0 victory over Nasser Al-Hadiri’s side in Uyo on Friday.
Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru scored the winning goal for the Super Eagles four minutes from time.
Simon said getting the three points is the most important thing.
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“We all know it was going to be difficult and we prepared very well for the game. The most important thing is victory and the fact that nobody is injured which is a good one for us,” he said after the game.
The Nantes of France player also shared his expectations ahead of the reverse fixture.
“We are mentally ready, we know they will want to win which will make the game to be a little be opened,” he added.
“It’s going to be difficult out there with their fans supporting them but we have the experience to cope with that.”
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I just watched the highlights now. But what really surprised about the whole thing is the negative comments I have reading about Iwobi on this forum. Iwobi was so good in that game that he had several assists and Great shots that would resulted into goal. I don’t really understand if some do watch football games at all. We too dey complain in This country haba. Comros just beat Tunisa, England lost to Greece at home yet the world didn’t come to an end. Stop expecting too much from this team, many teams have improved especially ok Africa, we should take it easy with our players abeg.
I agree with you on this, a team that had more than 10 good scoring opportunity and were unlucky to score just one in the encounter yet some people keep talking nonsense. Is it easy to play good football against a team that came with a solid defensive formation. Some people just need to leave this players and coaching crew alone Biko.
Super Eagles Marching On
Tom Dele-Bashiru’s low stab past the hapless opposition goalkeeper in the second half proved the difference between the Super Eagles and Libya in Nigeria’s slim 1:0 win in yesterday’s Afcon qualifier.
This was the most claustrophobic performance I ever witnessed from the Super Eagles.
They just couldn’t create enough Lebensraum where they could breathe and breed out compelling goals scoring chances.
It was all choked out there.
When Nigeria did create or find space, only Dele-Bashiru could attack it with enough ferocity, composure, conviction and soft-skill to bulge the back of the net.
Libya did exceptionally well to crowd their key defensive areas and create a traffic of players that the Super Eagles strikers struggled to navigate through.
Eguavoen’s changes in the second half did pay dividends as the Super Eagles roamed into more dangerous Libyan territory in bountiful numbers and with bad intentions; even Captain Ekong could be spotted lurking and loitering in and around Libyan box 18.
Owing that it was experimental 4-3-3 formation that the team employed, I am willing to cut Eguavoen some slack.
As the Super Eagles grew into the game, particularly in the second half, cracks started to created and inroads found in Libyan defensive infrastructure.
Top coaches in club football – Klopp, Guardiola etc – spare no expense in complaining how difficult it is to play a team set up only to defend in massive numbers like Libya did. It is a frustrating to watch as it is to play against.
Yesterday’s match should be assessed with Libyan negative strategies in mind, not to mention their goalkeeper’s time wasting shenanigans.
To grind out a win under such annoying circumstances should deserve a measure of praise, particularly coming from the proactive action by Coach Eguavoen of making substitutions and tweaking the formation to achieve victory.
According to José Mourinho, there are no ugly wins, a win is a win.
But the Super Eagles have to learn how to create space and attack it with intent like Dele-Bashiru did in such circumstances.
It was a win, slim and ugly, but nonetheless valuable 3 points which served to couple a fresh carriage onto the train of healthy results powering the Super Eagles on the rails to Afcon qualification.
Well done!