The head coach of Guinea-Bissau, Baciro Cande, has fired shots at the Super Eagles after his side defeated the three-time African champions in Abuja on Friday with a lone goal.
The Wild Dog recorded one of the biggest upsets in African football history.
It was a disappointing game for the Super Eagles as the home fans watched in disbelief.
Once again, it was another horrible show of character by the Super Eagles under Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro.
Cande, while speaking at the post-match press conference, said he deserved the win despite the array of “big names” paraded by the Nigerians.
“This victory is for the Guinea-Bissau people, we respect all the Nigerian players, but big names don’t play football on the pitch.
“They (Eagles) tried to do everything to beat us and created many scoring chances, but we deserved to win,” Cande said.
“We are very happy about today’s (Friday) victory and the boys did a very good job. The result is very important for us and the Guinea-Bissau people.”
Cande, however, admitted the result shocked his team.
“We are surprised, but the team trained very hard and today they beat Nigeria, a big football country with good players. We feel good about this victory against Nigeria.”
On his plans for the reverse fixture of the double-header in Bissau on Monday, Cande added, “I will keep the team in focus ahead of the return leg and we will see what is the best strategy to adopt for the next game.
“I can’t speak about the strategy we deployed in today’s match because we have another game next week.”
