"We came to beat Nigeria at home": Zimbabwe's coach after 1-1 draw in WCQ

• Zimbabwe manager Michael Nees stated that his crippled program against Nigeria was to origin an upset successful their World Cup qualifiers successful Uyo.
• The German tactician pointed retired that the Super Eagles were frustrated erstwhile they failed to people successful the archetypal half
• Nigeria was held to a 1-1 gully by the Warriors of Zimbabwe astatine the Godswill Akpabio Stadium connected Tuesday night

Michael Nees claimed that Nigeria’s World Cup dreams were shattered by his team.

The 57-year-old stated that his players followed his instructions from commencement to decorativeness during the match.

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored successful the 88th infinitesimal for Nigeria earlier substitute Tawanda Chirewa scored an equaliser for Zimbabwe successful the 90th minute.

Zimbabwe manager Michael Nees said the Warriors frustrated the Super Eagles to a 1-1 gully successful Uyo. Photo by: Zimbabwe FA/Facebook.
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Nees said Super Eagles were frustrated

Zimbabwe manager Michael Nees stated that his players successfully frustrated the Super Eagles, including erstwhile and reigning CAF Player of the Year Ademola Lookman, during their World Cup qualifier connected Tuesday night.

According to DailyPost, the erstwhile Japan method manager boldly claimed that Nigeria tin buss their 2026 FIFA World Cup hopes goodbye owed to their 7 points.

The 57-year-old recalled however Super Eagles players boasted of humiliating them connected the transportation aft their 2-0 triumph implicit Rwanda.

Nees added that the Warriors resisted Nigeria’s players and demonstrated large resilience passim the match. He said via Sln24:

"It's a large constituent for us. My boys did precise good and with immoderate spot of luck, we could person won. We cognize erstwhile things bash not spell 100% Nigeria's mode they get frustrated, they commencement to panic."I retrieve the Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong said we should hide astir getting a effect present successful Uyo.“I person ever said World Cup qualification isn’t implicit until it’s over. If it’s implicit for us, past it’s implicit for Nigeria excessively due to the fact that however galore points does the Super Eagles have.”"Nigeria came into the crippled with afloat assurance aft their 2-0 triumph against Rwanda and we knew the longer the crippled went, the slower they would get, and it was precisely the mode it was."We showed we tin play bully football, we refused to parkland the autobus erstwhile we were 1-0 down. The Super Eagles started aggressively and wanted to extremity the crippled rapidly but it did not enactment out. We resisted, we showed resilience.

Victor Osimhen broke the deadlock for Nigeria successful the 73rd infinitesimal portion substitute Tawanda Chirewa equalised for Zimbabwe successful the 90th minute.

The erstwhile Rwanda manager has earned 2 points from 2 matches successful complaint of the Warriors of Zimbabwe successful their World Cup qualifiers.

Coach Michael Nees said the Super Eagles had underestimated his squad up of their World Cup qualifiers successful Uyo. Photo by: Zimbabwe FA/Facebook.
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Chelle reacts to Zimbabwe gully

Super Eagles caput manager Eric Chelle admitted that the squad showed improvements successful cardinal areas and were the champion squad connected the transportation and deserved each 3 points.

The Malian yet again reiterated that his squad deserved to win, but it is football and helium has seen games similar that, adding that helium astir apt needs clip to process the game. He said:

“My occupation is to analyse this crippled and I deliberation the squad improved, improved successful intensity, aggressiveness with the ball, they made accelerated attacks, agelong presumption balls".“They merit to win, this is football, we saw a batch of games similar that. Maybe I request immoderate clip too, possibly no, but again I deliberation we merit to triumph this game".

Lesotho caput to FIFA

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Lesotho Football Association person called an exigency gathering to research however to approach FIFA with an entreaty for 3 points, pursuing South Africa's fielding of an ineligible player.

Bafana Bafana featured Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teboho Mokoena, violating FIFA regulations owed to accumulated yellowish cards.

South Africa battled hard to unafraid a 2-0 triumph implicit Lesotho successful their FIFA World Cup qualifier astatine Peter Mokaba Stadium past week.

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