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Nigeria Vs Ivory Coast: Why I Didn’t Change Super Eagles’ Formation – Peseiro Opens Up
<p><img width="1000" height="600" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jose-Peseiro-1-1000x600.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Super Eagles Coach, Peseiro Speaks On Osimhen Winning Ballon d'Or" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jose-Peseiro-1-1000x600.png 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jose-Peseiro-1-590x354.png 590w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jose-Peseiro-1-400x240.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <h2><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Super Eagles' head coach, Jose Peseiro, has explained why he did not change his tactics during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final against Ivory Coast.</span></h2> <p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Naija News </span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">reports that the Elephants of the </span><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/02/11/ivory-coast-beat-super-eagles-to-win-2023-afcon/">Ivory Coast</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria to win the 2023 AFCON in regulation time.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">During the AFCON final match between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, Nigeria scored first in the first half with a goal from William Troost-Ekong’s header.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">However, Ivory Coast equalized in the second half with a header from Franck Kessie.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The match remained tied until just a few minutes before the end, when Sebastien Haller scored a goal by flicking the ball past Nigeria’s goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, leading to a victory for the host.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">After the match, Peseiro faced questions regarding the team's strategy of defending and absorbing pressure after gaining a one-goal lead.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">He replied: “<em>When you have a system that you have been using, and it has been working, you really don’t want to change it.</em></span></p> <p><em>“It is true that I kept to this strategy until we were 2-1 down, and then I decided to change it.</em></p> <p><em>“We conceded goals from some defensive errors, and they had a drop in level against the Ivorians.</em>”</p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) consoled Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali on Sunday night after Nigeria's 2-1 defeat to Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final. </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Despite his impressive performance during the tournament, Nwabali was unable to lead Jose Peseiro's team to victory against Ivory Coast.</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/02/12/nigeria-vs-ivory-coast-why-i-didnt-change-super-eagles-formation-peseiro-opens-up/">Nigeria Vs Ivory Coast: Why I Didn’t Change Super Eagles’ Formation – Peseiro Opens Up</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
