Why we lost - Stephen Keshi

 

Hope you have brightened your feelings after yesterday’s loss to the Congolese.

If you have, that’s a good thing to do… and if you haven’t read what Stephen Keshi said about his team.

Perhaps that will give some life as Keshi’s men plan to travel to face Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the second qualifying game of the African tournament.

 “I’m very disappointed. It was not just the result but the way we played in the first half. I was like a soothsayer because I saw it coming and I talked to the boys that they had to be aggressive and first to the ball. I’ve played against the Congolese team before and I know they play tip-tap football. We scored the first goal and that was it. It’s a shame that we had opportunities, mostly in the second half, but we could not score.”

“I told them (players) they were not playing their game. They were not themselves, they were not playing, they were second to the ball and they needed to change the mentality. They came back in the second half and you could see the difference. But if you are playing a team like this, they are going to come hard and park the bus. And that’s what they did in the second half. Who won’t do it?”

 “Everybody is going to lose someday. We cannot win all the games all the time. This is where we need the media and Nigerians. They have to be behind the team, so that we can go to South Africa and win.”

The team has failed, don’t fail as a fan… Up Super Eagles