Peseiro happy with Eagles performance, says: ‘We were unlucky’

Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro says he is happy with the way his team perfromed in the 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in thir opening game of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

Victor Osimhen scored for Nigeria barely a minute after Ivan netted the opening goal of the game for Equatorial Guinea on 36 minutes and Peseiro thinks Nigeria deserved all three points.

‘We hoped to win this match and we did everything to win. Our team was better than that of Equatorial Guinea but we lacked luck’, Peseiro said at the post match press conference.

I am not happy. I deserved to win, this draw doesn’t suit us. Our team created a lot of chances but we didn’t score. We hope that next time, even with fewer opportunities, we will score. We simply have to improve our finishing’, he said.

Nigeria will face hosts Côte d’Ivoire, for their second game.

The match scheduled for Thursday at the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara in Ebimpe will be decisive for the Super Eagles, who have almost no room for error.