Ladan Bosso heaps praise on clinical Nigeria U20 after bronze win over Tunisia

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria U20 head coach, Ladan Bosso has showered praises on his players after an impressive 4-0 win over Tunisia in the third-place match of the 2023 U-20 African Cup of Nations in Cairo, Egypt.

The Flying Eagles recovered from its 1-0 semi-final loss to the Gambia with its biggest win of the tournament on Friday thanks to strike from Ibrahim Muhammad, Ahmed Abdullahi, plus Jude Sunday brace for the West Africans.

Bosso who was furious with his boys for lack of cutting edge upfront in the semi-final is happy about Friday’s resounding victory.

“Today we’re back in a better mood than after the semi-final match so we want to thank everyone that has been behind us,” said Bosso after the triumph.

“The difference between today’s match and that of the semi-finals against The Gambia is just the finishing. Today Tunisia kept the ball more but they have loopholes in their defense line so we played the ball behind them to cause them problems.”

“The Man of the Match Jude Sunday, was coming off the bench in the previous matches and today he started and made the difference,” he admitted.

“So if you get an opportunity you go and express yourself. Coaching at U-20s level you’re a developmental coach who develops players so there’s no moral justification for me to carry 21 players and play six matches with some players not playing in the tournament.”

The draw for the tournament will take place on March 31.