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Super Eagles Coach, Peseiro debunks sack reports
Peseiro expressed confidence that he will not be sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation.
Jose Peseiro, the head coach of the Super Eagles, has expressed his optimism that he won’t be fired by the Nigeria Football Federation after another lackluster performance and loss at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
In their group round matchup for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, the Eagles fell to the Guinea Bissau Wild Dogs by a score of 1-0 on Friday.
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Mama Balde of Guinea Bissau scored the game’s lone goal in the 29th minute.
Due to the loss, Guinea Bissau, who now leads Group A with seven points, has surpassed the Eagles, who previously held the top spot with six points.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Portuguese Peseiro said he would be surprised if he was sacked because his squad was still in a position to qualify for the tournament.
“I don’t understand why I will be sacked. We are still in the position for qualification for the AFCON. Today (Friday), the players could not score, but I believe in this team, we are much better than this result.
“Before, they played against big teams to improve the team, today, I think they deserve much more. Our team created opportunities and in the second half, they put Guinea Bissau on the back foot, they scored one goal, and we could have scored five or six goals. I am sad but it will be worse if my team didn’t play well, they played well. They created good opportunities and if we scored, we will beat them 4-0,” he said.
Peseiro added, “It is one match. First of all, congratulations to Guinea Bissau. Secondly, I want to say that we missed many goals, I think we created much more. We could have been here for another hour and not score, sometimes it happens in football.
“I am not happy, of course, I am sad like my team but they played the match, they created many opportunities, on another day, if we played like we played today, we would beat Guinea, very good luck for Guinea and very bad luck for us.”
