Nigeria’s head coach, Finidi George, expressed mixed emotions after the Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw by South Africa in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.
While acknowledging the team’s sluggish start and the disappointment of not securing a win, Finidi praised the team’s improved performance in the second half. “In the second half, immediately we scored that goal, we took over. We had a couple of moments when they threatened a bit but we had all the shots, all the chances to have won it. I think it was not a bad second half,” he said.
The draw marks Nigeria’s third consecutive stalemate in the qualifiers, leaving them in a precarious second-from-bottom position in Group C.