With all the efforts Osimehn put in to score the winning goal. I expected the team to take the defending serious. Osimhen has all the right to be angry at his teammates. The way the equalizing goal came was too casual. I wonder if those guys are really professional footballers. How can they not pay attention till the end of the game. Anything is always possible in football, but you must put in your effort first. If the goal scored by Zimbabwe was a classic goal that would have been a different case, but it was so simple while all the defenders relaxed because the time stoppage time was almost over.
Nigeria would have lost that match because of our poor defense. One of the Zimbabwean shots hit the crossbar, and I was surprised that the Super Eagles were just relaxed after scoring just one goal. Troost Ekong would have done better while marking that striker but he was just rusty and slow. Wilfred Ndidi had the chance to give Osimhen an assist, but he decided to go for goal, shooting blank. I can go on and on about the mistakes the Nigerian team made, but I have just decided to forget about the match because recalling it gives me so much pain. Coach Eric Chelle has not shown the tactical prowess that qualified him to get this prestigious job. I expected him to tell the players to play defensively immediately after the match got to the last five minutes.
Nigeria would have also won the match if Ndidi took that clean opportunity that came during the game. When we are talking about games like this where many chances were missed, I don't take it to heart if we would have lost or win. Any opportunity can come at any time in the game from each team. My main anger is that the Super eagle's team was reluctant, and you can attest to that. Did you really watch how the Zimbabwean players scored their goal?