Siasia happy with his boys

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Nigeria Under-23 coach, Samson Siasia, has praised his players for their superlative performance after edging Congo and qualifying for this year’s CAF Under-23 Championship in Senegal.

The U-23 Eagles played a goalless draw on Sunday after beating the same team 2-1 win in the first leg at fortnight ago in Port Harcourt.

But Siasia explained that he had no choice than to set up his team in an attacking manner in order to stop the Congolese from edging his side out.

“Playing a match like this is always difficult, but then I knew our best tactics for this game was to go all out and attack, because if they scored a goal against us, we would be out of the race.

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My boys did what I told them, but then we missed a couple of clear chances that are unpardonable. However, we did the job and we are into the African U-23 finals,” Siasia said to thenff.com.

Nigeria have now joined Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa and Zambia as the nations that have qualified for the tournament in Senegal.

The Caf Under-23 Championship will take place between November 28 and December 12 this year.

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