Otto Addo disappointed despite positive signs in debut defeat to Nigeria

Otto Addo, the newly appointed head coach of the Ghana national team, has expressed his disappointment following their 2-1 defeat to arch-rivals Nigeria in an international friendly match.

Despite acknowledging the positive aspects of his team’s performance, Addo believes that Ghana deserved a better result against Nigeria. The defeat marks Nigeria’s first victory over Ghana since 2006.

Addo highlighted the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the goals conceded by Ghana, including a contentious penalty decision. However, he commended his team’s resilience, especially in the second half when they played with ten men.

While recognizing the need for improvement, Addo remains optimistic about the future and emphasized the importance of moving forward from the defeat.

“I don’t like to look too much about the positives because we lost,” Addo told Ghana.org, reflecting on the display.

“But I think we were a bit unlucky the way we conceded the first goal as the ball hit the hand, but like I said, we were unlucky. First half, they had the better chances but in the second half, we did well.

“If you want to come to the positive signs, the things we did in the second half with ten men were good. We controlled them; we were a little bit unlucky with the finishing.

“I think what killed us was their second goal because we were close to actually equalizing but in all, a draw would have been deserved but like I said we lost and we have to improve and move on.”

Despite the loss, Addo remains focused on improving the team and moving forward positively as they face off with Uganda.

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Otto Addo disappointed despite positive signs in debut defeat to Nigeria

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Otto Addo disappointed despite positive signs in debut defeat to Nigeria

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Otto Addo disappointed despite positive signs in debut defeat to Nigeria

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