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Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro believes his side are still on the right track despite loss to Guinea Bissau
Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro believes that the team is still on the right track to qualify for AFCON 2023, despite the loss to Guinea Bissau which he described as a one-off.
Profligate Super Eagles fall to Guinea Bissau
Nigeria suffered their first-ever loss to Guinea Bissau in a shock AFCON 2023 Group A qualifier, but Peseiro has called for calm from fans who are worried that the country could have another disappointing outing in the final tournament.
The Super Eagles were bested at home thanks to a goal from Troyes forward Mama Samba Balde who scored the only goal in the 29th minute as Guinea Bissau claimed a famous win at the patchy Moshood Abiola Stadium.
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AFCON 2023 Nigeria 0-1 Guinea-Bissau: Super Eagles suffer embarassing home defeat
The Super Eagles found creative new ways to disappoint Nigerians by losing 1-0 at home to Guinea-Bissau.
Peseiro confident that Super Eagles can pick themselves up
The loss means that Nigeria drop to second on the table behind their conquerors, but coach Peseiro is keen for the country not to panic over the result as he believes his side played well and on another day would have won, meaning they were still on course for a good showing at AFCON 2023.
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AFCON 2023 Super Eagles player ratings as Guinea Bissau Claim shock win over Nigeria
Osayi-Samuel the only positive as Sanusi and Osimhen disappoint
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WHAT'S BUZZIN 'Only INEC can save us now' - Reactions as Super Eagles fall to defeat at home against Guinea-Bissau AFCON 2023 qualifier
Super Eagles of Nigeria were shocked at home by Guinea-Bissau in their first-leg match of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers.
Speaking after the game, the Portuguese coach said, It is one match, [in] one match, any team can lose. One tournament? No.”
“I believe if we play [again] like we played today, we beat any team. Guinea was a very good loss”
The Super Eagles are still on course to qualify for AFCON 2023 despite being second in the qualifying group, but will need to step their game up if they are to do better than the second round finish from the 2021 edition.
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