The captain of the senior national team of Benin Republic Steve Mounie says the 0-3 defeat his team suffered in the hands of the Super Eagles wasn’t a true reflection of the game, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Mounie was a part of the Benin Republic team who were humbled by the Super Eagles in Uyo with a brace from Ademola Lookman and a solitary strike from Victor Osimhen, condemning them to defeat against the team they defeated three months ago in the world cup qualifiers.
Speaking ahead of their second game in the AFCON qualifiers against Libya tomorrow, the 29 year old Augsburg forward says the score line flatters the Super Eagles as it wasn’t a true reflection of the game.
“The 3-0 against Nigeria was not an easy defeat. We would not have expected that going to Nigeria. Afterwards, we also have to look at the content of the match. It is a heavy result on paper but it does not totally reflect the true nature of the match.”
His opinion was the same as the coach of the team Gernot Rohr who also said for large spell of the game, they looked most likely to score before Osimhen scored the second goal and the third by Lookman.
“The 3-0 against Nigeria? We were in a good position. We had to wait until the 47th minute to concede. We didn’t concede many chances. We weren’t bad at all. Until the 75th minute we could have hoped to equalise. We did everything we could. We weren’t ridiculous. The result doesn’t reflect what happened on the pitch.”
