"It Was Painful Losing To Argentina, Algeria" - Iwobi

"It Was Painful Losing To Argentina, Algeria" - Iwobi

By Sampson Adedeji

Nigeria's Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi has stated that it was so painful to lose to Argentina and Algeria but still a good learning process.

The Nigeria side lost 1-2 to Argentina in the third group match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and also lost to Algeria at the semi final of the 2019 African Cup Of Nations in Egypt.

Iwobi while speaking on the Instagram interview sessions said the team was very sad to lose both matches, despite putting in their very best.

"Both of them were serious heartbreaks, to describe that feeling is painful. The Argentina one, it was hurtful because I saw how much effort we put in, how much we’ve been training so hard, the qualifiers we’ve done our best. It was Rojo that was able to get the goal.

“It’s nice to play but when you don’t play you still support the team as equally as if you’re playing, that one hurt. “I remember all of us were head down in the changing room.

"You cannot blame anyone, at the end of the day we win as a team we lose as our team. We have to congratulate Mahrez because the free-kick caught everyone off guard, it caught everyone by surprise.

“Both experiences were very tough for the team but we move on and go again, that’s the mentality we have. We can’t dwell on our past, we have to put things right in the future”. He stated.