Wednesday, October 23, 2024

U20 WAFU: Bosso Blames 0-1 Loss To Ghana On Waste of Scoring Chances


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  U20 WAFU: Bosso Blames 0-1 Loss To Ghana On Waste of Scoring Chances By Editor The Nigeria U-20 Flying Eagles coach, Ladan Bosso said the team's poor ability in converting their chances in front of goal was responsible for the 0-1 loss to Ghana. Bosso, while fielding questions from newsmen after the game in Benin Republic insisted that his boys' failure to convert their chances has cost them the defeat. “We had good chances that could have been used to finish the game in the first half but we couldn’t do that. They had only one chance and got it – we had three of those free kicks and we couldn’t let it in”, he lamented. Noting that his lads performance bettered that of the last game, he insisted that; “it was unfortunate this time around we were very wasteful. He pointed out that another influence which affected the outcome of the game was the unavailability of some players. “Two of our players were partially affected with Covid-19 and now in isolation, with another one not fit for the match, we only have to use the ones we have on ground. “We had good chances that could have been used to finish the game in the first half but we couldn’t do that. They had only one chance and got it – we had three of those free kicks and we couldn’t let it in” he lamented. The former FC IfeanyiUbah gaffer who played down interference in players selection for the team said all the players had come through a meritorious process. He hopes Nigerian will be fair to them in assessment as he tagged them a ‘future team’ Flying Eagles had played a 1-1 draw against Cote d’ivore in group B opener and might now have to wait for outcome of the last group next match between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire which will determine their fate of advancing to the next stage.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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