Head coach of the senior national team of Tunisia Sami Trabelsi has blamed a poor start to the game against Nigeria as largely why they were beaten 3-2 in yesterday’s Africa Cup of Nations group game, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria raced into a 3-0 lead before the Tunisians fought their way back in the final 15 minutes but it wasn’t enough as they were unable to either draw or turn it around and win.
A disappointed Trabelsi lamented their inability to defend properly as largely why they fell 0-3, saying they weren’t at their best from the start.
” When you defend that way against a team like Nigeria they will punish you. We should have started the game better than we did, but I am proud of my team’s attitude because even at 3-0 we kept playing and believing that we can turn it around. We’ll take that positive into our final group game against Uganda”, he stated.
He also apologised to the fans of Tunisia for their support and also not abandoning the team even when they were 0-3 down. He promised that the team will get better as the tournament progresses and make them proud.
