{"id":4703,"date":"2015-03-24T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T08:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2015-03-24T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T08:44:19","slug":"nigeria-not-superior-senegal-coach-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4703","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria not superior, Senegal coach insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Flying-360x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4704\" alt=\"Flying Eagles\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Flying-360x225-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Flying-360x225-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Flying-360x225-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Flying-360x225.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying Eagles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senegal U-20 national team coach, Joseph Koto, has said the Nigeria U-20 team were not superior to his team despite losing twice to the Flying Eagles at the 2015 African Youth Championship which was concluded in Dakar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Flying Eagles beat the Junior Teranga Lions 1-0 in the AYC final at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium to win their seventh African title, but Koto believed his team also played well to deserve victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very satisfied with the performance of my team. They played very well and were exceptional because from the start till the end, our presence was felt,\u201d Koto said on CAF website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fluffed a lot of goal scoring opportunities. Our performance showed that Nigeria is not superior to us and I believe we won\u2019t disgrace ourselves at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. We will give the players about 10-days rest and after begin preparations for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senegal will play at the New Zealand 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Group D along with Mexico, Uruguay and Serbia, while African champions, Nigeria, will play in Group E along with Brazil, North Korea and Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigeria coach, Manu Garba, has said winning the AYC as a player and a coach is one of the happiest things to happen to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel elated and great. I was part of the team that won the same competition in 1983 as a player and I\u2019m happy to win it as a coach,\u201d Garba said on CAF website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team is the future of Nigerian football. We have only two players from the Nigeria Premier League with the rest from academies, which is a good sign for the development of Nigerian football.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal U-20 national team coach, Joseph Koto, has said the Nigeria U-20 team were not superior to his team despite losing twice to the Flying Eagles at the 2015 African Youth Championship which was concluded in Dakar on Sunday. 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