Super Eagles Played Better Against Mexico Than Ecuador- Paseiro

Super Eagles Played Better Against Mexico Than Ecuador- Paseiro

Sampson Adedeji

Nigeria's Super Eagles coach Jose Paseiro has praised the performance of his players in the game against Ecuador, BSNsports.com.ng understands.

The Super Eagles suffered their second successive defeat after they lost 1-0 to Ecuador in the United States.

During a post-match conference Paseiro believed the boys did better against Ecuador than Mexico despite the defeat.

" I think in the game against Mexico the first half we didn’t play well.

“But today in the last 25 to 30 minutes we were in command but only in the first 15 minutes we didn’t play well. We had players who can control the match and be in command of the game but in the first 15 minutes we could not. So after the first 15 minutes we played well in my opinion.

“The second half was much better but it is not easy to put pressure for 90 minutes. And of course I don’t like to speak about the referee but at least we deserved one penalty, no VAR, but in the stadium a clear penalty was shown. 

The goalkeeper touched the foot of our striker (Terem Moffi) but anybody can make mistakes, I can commit mistakes, and the referee and players can commit mistakes also. 

“We played much better today compared to the game against Mexico. I think we pressured more and created more opportunities. 

Against Mexico we created opportunities but today we created more. 

More pressure more organisation and remember against Mexico we only trained two times and some players trained just once," he stated.