The Super Eagles of Nigeria a conciliatory conclusion of the Africa Cup for the semi-final with rank three. The young team of the German coach Gernot Rohr was not thrilled, but hints at Potential.
No football-treat, but rather a controlled-earned labour victory puts Nigeria at the end of rank three at the Africa Cup in Egypt. In the “small” Finale at the Al Salam Stadium on the outskirts of Cairo, a single hit to win: The goal of the Evening scored by striker Odion Ighalo already in the third minute of the game, the Super Eagles. After a rebound, he switched on the fastest and sank the Ball for 1:0 (1:0)-final score for Nigeria. The defense of Tunisia looked in this scene and everything else as well. Ighalo took advantage of the after good work by Jamilu Collins of the Bundesliga newcomer SC Paderborn cold. The player from Chinese second division side Changchun Yatai and his action man of the Evening – because otherwise, hardly anything happened in this game.
One reason for this is the heat certainly was. About 30 degrees prevailed in Cairo in the late afternoon, the hottest day of the entire tournament. The 51. and second-to-last game of the Africa Cup, however, was also marked by the tiredness of the players after a long tournament, as well as mutual tactical blockages. So this game was not an isolated case. Like so many games of this tournament, this ended with the minimal result of 1:0. Alone in the knock-out Phase of the evening (21 clock CEST) received prior to the final between Senegal and Algeria, on Friday six games with this result. And also the first game between Algeria and Senegal in the group phase, ended, right, with 1:0 Algeria – evidence for the cautious, tactically dominated on the defensive football that has dominated in this tournament, clearly.
Nigeria series in the “small” Finale
Tunisia seemed to be in the game to place physically and not assertive. The team from the former France midfielder Alain Giresse had 54 percent possession of the ball a little more from the game, was able to transform this excess weight, however rarely in Torgelegenheiten. At best, the Standards, the team in Red had now and again something like scoring chances to detect.
Competitive, but not always beautiful to look at: the “small” final between Tunisia and Nigeria
For Nigeria, it was the eighth victory in the eighth-place match at the Africa Cup. The native of Mannheim, national team coach of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr, had with a total of 15. The catchment of Nigeria to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup, the stated minimum goal is reached. A beautiful statistics, the pipe and his Team, you not really much. This is because the Nigeria’s hopes of a fourth Continental title after 1980, 1994 and 2013 have been disappointed with the semi-final defeat against Algeria (1:2). The 195.9 million inhabitants, according to population, seventh largest country in the world can capture the imagination nevertheless, as a success Because Nigeria’s young team indicated at the tournament in Egypt a lot of Potential for the future.