Nigeria international forward Moses Simon says some of the comments made by players of the senior national team of Benin Republic played a huge role in motivating them to win 4-0 on Tuesday, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Super Eagles needed to score four times to book their spot in the world cup qualifiers playoff, and they did just that. It also brought an end to the quest of Benin Republic qualifying for the tournament for the first time in their history.
Simon who picked up two assists, including the crucial one for the fourth goal in the last minute of time added on, said they were fired up for the game after reading some comments from players of Benin Republic.
” The words hurts to be honest because they were to me very disrespectful and we had to settle it on the pitch. Our coach ( Eric Chelle) showed us their comments before the game and it really got us motivated to teach them a lesson”, Simon revealed.
He however said nothing is done yet with the team yet to qualify for the 2026 world cup. ” We have done nothing at this stage. Since the whole idea of the qualifiers is to make it to the world cup. We have a final to play against Gabon. It’s one game at a time”, Simon said.
