The coach of Algeria’s nationwide staff, Vladimir Petkovic, has acknowledged that Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles deserved their victory over his squad throughout Saturday’s quarter-finals conflict on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Sports247 experiences that, whereas admitting that the 2-0 loss was painful for him, The Fennecs’ tactician famous that the Nigerians had been bodily, tactically and psychologically higher than his staff.
He additional pointed on the method through which the Tremendous Eagles managed the sport’s tempo from starting to finish and admitted that they didn’t permit his gamers to execute their recreation plan for the historic recreation in Marrakech.
“It was troublesome to get into this match. We had been hit left and proper, and Nigeria imposed themselves on us from the beginning. Nigeria deserved to win this match. They had been higher than us,” Petkovic recounted.
The Croatian tactician then talked about a number of exterior components that labored towards his staff on Saturday, amongst which he alleged bias by the referee in addition to fatigue from additional time with DR Congo a day after Nigeria beat Mozambique 4-0.
Petkovic added, “We had been lacking a number of issues. They didn’t allow us to dribble. There have been additionally referee selections that weren’t straightforward, however our opponent was notably robust and confirmed their qualities. Bodily, we had been drained due to the final match, which was tense.”
