Head coach of Tunisia Sami Trabelsi has reveled the conversation he had with Victor Osimhen shortly after the striker opened scoring for Nigeria in a 3-2 win at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen powered home a firm header to put Nigeria ahead in the win that sealed the Super Eagles spot in the round of 16. Osimhen drew attention with the manner which he celebrated his goal.
He ran towards the bench of Tunisia and pointed at the coach, who stood watching in astonishment. Osimhen was handed a yellow card for the provocative celebration.
Trabelsi was asked about the incident after the game, and he explained the possible reasons why the forward celebrated in that manner, and the word that was said.
“I don’t know, I think he thought I was speaking to the referee too much or trying to influence the referee, which wasn’t the case. I didn’t respond to it, but it was disrespectful”, he explained.
Luckily Osimhen won’t face any further retrospective punishment from CAF with the incident already handled by the referee.
