By Obaloluwa Joshua, ABIDJAN
Cote d’Ivoire head coach, Jean -Louis Gasset has attributed his side’s defeat to the Super Eagles to their opponents strong defensive display.
The hosts were out muscled by the Super Eagles, who put up a resilient performance in the keenly contested encounter.
The Elephants managed just two clear cut chances for the entire 90 minutes.
Gasset admitted that his team struggled to cope with the physicality of the Nigerians in the game.
“It was a very physical match; Nigeria chose to play very low with a five-man defense to exploit counterattacks with their star striker. It was a tightly contested match,” Gasset said in his post match interaction with the media.
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The hosts will now shift attention to their final group against the Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea next week Monday.
