Tunisia Hands Nigeria First Defeat At U21 Nations Championships | National

Nigeria recorded her first defeat on the ongoing 2022 African U21 Males’s Nations Volleyball Championship in Tunisia.

Host Tunisia beat Nigeria 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-23) in entrance of her house followers on Wednesday.

Tunisia gained 32 factors from service and 43 factors from receives whereas Nigeria gained 20 factors from service and 42 factors from receives.

Tunisia had 4 aces, 9 most factors in a row, 10 service errors and used 2 timeouts whereas Nigeria had 1 ace, 4 most factors in a row, 9 service errors and used 5 timeouts.

Nigeria will face Libya within the quarterfinals on Thursday.

The Head Coach of Nigeria U21 Males’s Group, Sani Mohammed mentioned the boys misplaced because of errors and the group which will likely be corrected.

Mohammed mentioned ending second and securing a quarterfinal spot is a sign the workforce has potential of constructing it to the finals.

He mentioned, “The loss to Tunisia is a get up name to the workforce. We can not afford to make errors within the quarterfinals as a result of it means we’re out of the title race. Nigeria performed towards the group, they got here out to help their workforce and Tunisia gained.

“The teaching crew have studied the match towards Tunisia and all of the lapses seen will likely be labored on. If you happen to look critically on the minor scores, Nigeria have been main earlier than Tunisia got here from behind to win the primary and third set”.

“Our match towards Libya will likely be taken with excessive degree of seriousness as a result of we don’t need to let the nation down”, Mohammed added.

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