Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has praised his team for “a great win” against Tunisia, while promising more improvements going forward at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco.
The Super Eagles edged a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Carthage Eagles from Tunisia in Fes Saturday night to shoot to the top of Group C.
“It was a great win,” Eric Chelle declared.
“My team deserved this victory. We had 70% ball possession and for 75 minutes we were the best team on the pitch
“We improved on our first game (vs Tanzania), which we won.
“We did some mistakes, like the first game. I hope the third game will be better than the second game.
“We will have to improve with every game.”
The coach admitted his team found it difficult to sustain the tempo after playing a high-pressure game for 75 minutes.
“We were good for 75 minutes, we scored three goals, maybe loss of concentration for the corner (that led to Tunisia’s first goal) and after Tunisia pressed us,” he said.
“We have to improve in the last 15 minutes, but we can’t do 90 minutes with high pressure.
“We also have to improve dealing with set pieces, which led to the two goals we conceded.”
He defended his two late substitutions during when he brought on wingers Moses Simon and Chidera Ejuke, saying it was to stop Tunisia from exploiting the flanks to attack the Super Eagles.
