Nigeria Coach Frustrated After Embarrassing Loss To Denmark

Samson Siasia has admitted that he was embarrassed after the Nigeria U23s lost 6-2 to Denmark in the Suwon Invitational Tournament on Saturday, and reiterated that the team made several mistakes.<br /><br />The former Nantes striker saw his team out muscled and they would have suffered more humiliation if Taiwo Abdulrahman had not netted a brace in the closing minutes to reduce the deficit to four goals.<br /><br />&ldquo;We got it wrong from the blast of the referee&rsquo;s whistle; we made so many mistakes; we didn&rsquo;t play like we were meant to,&rdquo;&nbsp; Siasia said, according to thenff.com. <br /><br />&ldquo;The Danes did not play so well in their first game but they were tactically sound and we simply did not know how to defend against them.&rdquo; <br /><br />He added : &ldquo;It&rsquo;s so embarrassing. I have never lost by six goals anywhere since I started my coaching career. <br /><br />&ldquo;All the same, that&rsquo;s why we are here, to look at the guys that can play, and the ones that we can take to the Olympics.&rdquo; <br /><br />The Nigeria U23s will return to action on Monday when they face Honduras in their final game of the tourney at Bucheon Sports Complex, starting from 1530 hours local time.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br /><br />
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