Head coach of Golden Eaglets, John Obuh, on Saturday in Abuja said his team conceded three goals from Germany because of lack of technical discipline.
Obuh made the disclosure to journalists at a post match briefing after Nigeria rose from three goals behind to draw 3-3 with Germany.
He praised the performance of his players but said they looked forward to having better results in their matches against Argentina and Honduras.
“We will improve. We will go back to the drawing board and see what we should do better in order to get to the next round of the game,” Obuh said.
He described the match against Germany as a difficult one for his team.
“We found it difficult to execute our plans in the last 25 minutes of the game.
“Because there were complaints of thigh weaknesses by the players, we resorted to a draw as against getting defeated while going for a fourth goal,” Obuh said.
The German side had stunned spectators at the sparsely-filled Abuja National Stadium by taking a lead which it failed to defend after it lost Robert Labus to a red card in the 53rd minute.
Nigeria will on Tuesday, October 27, play its next match against Honduras.


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