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Congo’s head coach, Barthelemy Ngatsono, admits the home-based Super Eagles deserved to beat his team in Tuesday night’s Group D match at the 2024 African Nations Championship.
Eric Chelle’s squad defeated the East Africans 2-0 at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Congo needed a win to go to the quarterfinals, but they were unable to beat Eric Chelle’s team.
Both teams battled to a 0-0 draw in the first half but Anas Yusuf, and Sikiru Alimi netted for Nigeria in the second period.
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Ngatsono’s side crashed out of the CHAN 2024 finals following the defeat.
The gaffer conceded the Home Eagles were too strong for his team.
“Nigeria were better prepared, and physically fit than us, so we couldn’t control the ball as well.
“Despite our good preparation before the match, we weren’t good as we planned,” he was quoted by CAFonline.
