During the African Cup of Nations final on Sunday, February 11, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were unexpectedly defeated 2-1 by Ivory Coast. Daniel Regha, a popular Twitter critic, reacted to the game by criticizing the Super Eagles’ performance and restating his belief that they lacked a midfield.
Regha stated that Ivory Coast dominated and outplayed Nigeria, and that the coach lacked tactical flexibility. He also criticized the officiating referees for doing an awful job.
His exact words were: “Ivory Coast dominated the AFCON final and outplayed Nigeria. It’s almost like the Super Eagles had no midfield (which I’ve stated repeatedly but was called names). Nigeria’s performance was disappointing, the coach was not tactically flexible, and the players lacked focus. That said, the officiating referees did an awful job.”
See reactions to his post below:
Yankee suggested: “Nigerians let’s all visit the referee social media page and pray for him”
Popey noted: “Daniel you just packed all the generational curses from your lineage. Today you supported Nigeria I knew there would be a problem. Fake Nigerian, outcast from Ghana hiding in Nigeria.”
Nasr said: “This post is 10/10. You’re 💯 correct Daniel. You can’t play from defender to strikers and win in final. Atletico Madrid are the football club that plays like that and they’ve lost all the finals in the last 7 years.”