The head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro says the Black Stars of Ghana didn’t deserve qualifying for the World Cup Ahead of Nigeria.
Appointed after the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the World Cup via the play off, the Portuguese coach, who is preparing for the friendly game against his country is still pained over the inability to qualify for the World Cup.
Ghana beat Nigeria to the World Cup 2022 spot on the away goal rule after a 1-1 draw in Abuja. Peseiro insist they are not a better team than Nigeria and only progressed via the away goal rule, which has been scrapped in Europe.
“At the moment Ghana are a very good national team but I think Nigeria, in my opinion, are better. And they showed it in both games of the play-off to qualify for the World Cup, but the result is the result: you can create more. , you can play better, but in the end it depends on whether you score or not and they scored an extra away goal”, he said.
”And this rule, which no longer exists in Europe, in Africa yes. Nigeria played better than Ghana there, at home not at a great level but in the end it went like this “.
Moving forward he said the team has already switch focus to winning the next Africa Cup of Nations, a promise he made when he took over the reins as the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria.
“When I signed with the Nigeria Football Federation, I was clear that I was in charge of the football movement. My goal is to win the next Africa Cup of Nations. I believe that Nigeria belongs to the best national teams in Africa, with many quality players playing between Italy, England, France, Germany all young and can all grow together winning and then improving”, he explained.
“This is our goal, in the coming years, we want to reach the level of the best national teams. I strongly believe, and I’m not crazy, to be here is to win the next Africa Cup of Nations”.