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July 18, 2019
Super Eagles Coach,Gernot Rohr has expressed satisfaction over Nigeria’s third place finish at the2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON tournament in Egypt.
Odion Ighalo’s earlygoal in the third minute gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Tunisia in theirthird-place playoff yesterday Wednesday.
The forward, who is thetournament’s top scorer with five goals, was gifted an easy tap-in following aTunisian defensive mix-up.
This was after JamiluCollins’ cross from the left was poorly parried by goalkeeper Moez Ben Cherifaagainst the legs of defender Yassine Meriah.
Rohr told newsmenduring a post-match conference that he was satisfied with the team’sperformance, adding that he was very positive about the future.
On his part, CoachAlain Giresse of Tunisia said that he was proud of what his team achieved atthis year’s AFCON, adding that Tunisia had lots of hope for the next AFCON andWorld Cup.Hig+��M��