Flying Eagles head coach, Aliyu Zubairu, has given a purpose why his workforce was thrashed by Argentina within the FIFA U-20 World Cup Spherical of 16 tie on Wednesday.
Zubairu watched because the South People humiliated Nigeria 4-0 within the last-16 stage.
Talking after the sport, Zubairu admitted that the Flying Eagles’ poor begin and the early targets disrupted their tactical method towards Argentina.
“The early aim is a part of what destabilizes us. We conceded a aim at a really early stage of the sport. Even the second aim got here not too removed from the primary aim,” Zubairu stated at his post-match interview.
“I believe that was what destabilized the entire of our method, however all the identical, I imagine the boys didn’t show optimistic character.”
Nigeria had superior to the last-16 stage as the most effective third-place groups.