Regardless of nonetheless being locked within the dreamland of successful their first Africa Cup of Nations recreation, Tanzania coach Miguel Gamondi expressed a little bit of satisfaction about his workforce’s efficiency throughout the 2-1 defeat towards Nigeria on Tuesday, PUNCH Sports activities Additional stories.
Gamondi, who took over a couple of month earlier than the 2025 AFCON, managed the nation’s tenth recreation on the event, however they’re nonetheless trying to find their first win.
After Semilogo Ajayi had given Nigeria a first-half lead, Charles M’Mombwa struck the equaliser for Tanzania within the fiftieth minute, however their hopes of overturning the consequence light nearly instantly as Ademola Lookman struck the match-winner for Nigeria.
Tanzania pushed for a late equaliser and got here shut within the closing minutes when Ibrahim Hamad volleyed broad from a nook, however the Tremendous Eagles held agency to see out the victory.
Regardless of the defeat, Gamondi hailed his gamers for surpassing expectations towards Nigeria.
“I feel Tanzania performed higher than many individuals anticipated. Nigeria had lots of possession, however we neutralised them nicely by means of our tactical system,” the Argentine coach stated after the sport.
“They did create probabilities, however most of them got here from particular person high quality, which isn’t stunning. Total, I consider we stunned lots of people with the standard of our efficiency towards Nigeria.”
The Taifa Stars will now regroup and hope to make their desires come true towards regional rivals Uganda on Saturday, earlier than ending their group stage marketing campaign towards Tunisia subsequent Tuesday.
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