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July 15, 2019
Super Eagle’s coach, Gernot Rohr sayshe believes Nigeria will be stronger for their experience at this year’s AfricaCup of Nations after his side suffered a painful defeat to Algeria in thesemi-finals.
Coach Rohr said the loss was “toughto digest” for his players but stressed the current crop of Super Eagles hadthe potential to become “very good” given time.
Nigeria looked to be heading intoextra time against a team that required penalties to overcome Ivory Coast justthree days earlier, but Riyad Mahrez won the game for Algeria in the 95th minutewith a magnificent free-kick.
Nigeria will meet Tunisia onWednesday in the third-place play-off at Al Salam Stadium, which could see thelikes of youngsters Henry Onyekuru, Samuel Kalu and Victor Osimhen gave achance after limited minutes in Egypt.
Rohr praised the resilience shown byhis side throughout the tournament, as they responded to a shock loss toMadagascar by toppling defending champions Cameroon and beating South Africabefore coming from behind against Algeria.