Siasia Has The Last Laugh Over Sweden Coach Who Had Rubbished His Defense
Nigeria U23s coach Samson Siasia has taken a dig at Sweden coach Hakan Ericson in the wake of his side’s 1-0 win over the Scandinavians at the 2016 Olympic Games on Sunday evening (local time).<br /><br />In his pre-match comments, Ericson had criticized the Dream Team VI for conceding four goals in their opener against Japan, and had thought that it would be <span class="st">“</span>business as usual<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">” when his side face the Africans, but he was proven wrong by Siasia and William Troost-Ekong, who marshaled the backline. <br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st">“Yesterday we had a meeting and we learned about the reviews of the Swedes, our defensive line today proved that it was not so, </span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">” Siasia told reporters. <br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">“First he ( </span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Ericson ) said that. Before , in our group , I said that the game against Sweden would be good. And it was. <br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">“</span></span></span></span>We got a good victory. We got too far for those who had problems . And we still have a game to go.</span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">”</span></span></span></span><br /><br />Nigeria take on South Americans Colombia in their final Group B fixture at the Corinthians Arena Sao Paulo on Wednesday. <br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : thenff.com<br /><br /></span></span></span>
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