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Leon Balogun Reveals what He told Ghanaian NT Players after Abuja Heartbreak

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Leon Balogun Reveals what He told Ghanaian NT Players after Abuja Heartbreak

Tremendous Eagles CB, Leon Balogun has opened up on what he instructed Ghanaian NT gamers after they secured the World Cup ticket within the play off in Abuja.

Nigeria didn’t qualify for the World Cup as they misplaced the ticket on away-goals rule, having conceded a lone purpose from Thomas Partey within the first half of the second leg on the Moshood Abiola Nationwide stadium, Abuja.

 

William Troost Ekong’s equalizer was not sufficient to encourage a complete flip round within the tie.

 

Talking on the occasions of March 29, Leon Balogun revealed he went into the Black Stars dressing room to congratulate them and want them effectively.

 

‘That was robust however I believed to myself that will probably be the primary World Cup for many of them, so I simply thought let me go over, shake palms and congratulate them as a result of as I stated I feel they deserved it extra,’ the CB stated on The Lovely Recreation Podcast.

 

“I simply thought that’s the fitting factor to do as a result of on the finish of the day it’s about truthful play as effectively.

 

“Clearly, I knew their supervisor Otto Addo from Germany so spoke to him a bit afterwards and Chris Houghton the previous Brighton supervisor. Sammy Kuffour was there, Bayern legend for me and Anthony Baffoe, whom I’ve generally known as effectively, met him earlier than.

 

“Might converse a little bit of German with them, I used to be like pay attention truthful play, your tactical change second half killed us however all one of the best going ahead as a result of he’s a younger supervisor as effectively, he’d simply taken over the job.

 

“It was actually to want them effectively and I instructed them to do West Africa proud as a result of it’s of their palms now,” he recalled.

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