Portugal 4-0 Nigeria: Peseiro criticizes uninspired Super Eagles

Nigeria misplaced 4-0 to Portugal on the Estadio de Alvalade in Lisbon on Thursday, within the Selecao’s last recreation earlier than jetting off to Qatar for the World Cup.

The gulf in technical high quality was too apparent because the Nigerian crew was outclassed and the protection was all around the store and Portugal had it simple.

Talking after the sport, Nigeria’s head coach, Jose Peseiro admitted , that his crew was no the place near their counterpart and rather a lot must be improved upon.

He additionally reiterated that the rating line was over exaggerated as Nigeria had the prospect to halve the deficit however missed the chance to make it 2:1 after Emmanuel Dennis missed from the spot.

Nigeria collapsed afterwards a lot to the dismay of the gatter because the crew conceded two objectives within the subsequent 4 minutes, one thing Jose Peseiro condemned. He insists the gamers wanted to point out extra character after lacking the penalty.

“We’ve got to enhance and enhance rather a lot. It was a primary half under what we anticipated, the second was significantly better,” Peseiro advised Portuguese media outlet A Bola

“Portugal was higher, they’re superior, they’ve an amazing choice, however the scoreline is heavy and exaggerated as a result of we might have made it 2-1 after which we suffered 0-3 and 0-4. We can’t concede 4 objectives and a few of them the best way they had been.”

“It was an amazing emotion to be on this stadium the place I spent nice moments, dealing with Portugal, listening to the anthem. I’m unhappy in regards to the consequence, however being right here and dealing with Portugal was a pleasure,” the 62 year-old mentioned.

Peseiro has now misplaced 4 friendlies since his appointment, though his crew defeated Sao Tome and Principe & Sierra Leone within the 2023 AFCON qualifiers.

Nigeria have additionally been winless of their final 14 pleasant matches, drawing 5 and shedding 9 video games.

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