By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle has praised his team for the victory over the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, Prompt News reports.
Nigeria claimed a nervy 3-2 win over the North Africans in their second Group C fixture at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday night.
Chelle declared the win as a great one for his team.
“It was a great win,” Chelle declared.
“My team deserved this victory. We had 70% ball possession and for 75 minutes we were the best team on the pitch
“We improved on our first game (vs Tanzania), which we won.
“We did some mistakes, like the first game. I hope the third game will be better than the second game.
“We will have to improve with every game.”
Chelle admitted his team found it difficult to sustain the tempo after playing a high-pressure game for 75 minutes.
“We were good for 75 minutes, we scored three goals, maybe loss of concentration for the corner (that led to Tunisia’s first goal) and after Tunisia pressed us,” he said.
“We have to improve in the last 15 minutes, but we can’t do 90 minutes with high pressure.
“We also have to improve dealing with set pieces, which led to the two goals we conceded.”
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