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Samassa says Nigeria Play like Brazil
Goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa compared Nigeria to Brazil after Mali were hammered 4-1 in the semi-final of the 2013 AFCON on Wednesday.
According to the Football411.com website, the Super Eagles’ power, speed and silky touches were just too much for the Eagles, who looked overwhelmed by the two-time AFCON champions.
Samassa admitted they were outplayed and compared Nigeria’s style of play to that of five-time World Cup champions, the mighty Brazil.
“I feel the team we played against was Brazil and not the Nigeria we used to know.
“From my post I was seeing more than 15 green shirts pouring forth against us and not the usual 10 players. They were strong, slippery, focused and pacy,” Samassa told SuperSport.
“We did our best. We heeded our coach’s instructions but they fell below what was needed to stop the Super Eagles.
“They were winning all the balls, pursuing us mercilessly each time we had the ball and their finishing was always on target and that was their major advantage.
“They have forwards that can transform the slimmest goal chances,” he concluded.
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Sammy Young
Feb 10, 2013
naija is simply unstoppable.keshi is cruising in his zone.
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Eze
Feb 09, 2013
CAF is a hopeless,incompetent and corrupt organisation.It has it's plan to make sure Nigeria did not make it out of the group stage,to achieve that they had to employ the service a referee that has been indicted in his home country ( Algeria) for corruption and match fixing. When that did not work on the first day of Nigeria's participation in the competition,they had to enploy a different tactic by awording a penalty against Nigeria from a contact between a Nigerian defender and a Zambian forward which occured outside of the 18 yard box."God does not like ugly "that's why he did not allow those antics to affect Nigerian spirit in the competition.They tried directly to eliminate Nigeria,it did not work so they had to try indirectly by eliminating Borkina Faso hoping that Ghana will defeat Nigeria in the Finals. It was clear to everyone,the referee included that Pitroipa was brought down in the box.The Ghana defender's Leg was way above Pitroipa's knees.There is no way the referee could not have seen that.I believe he was working on CAF's instruction to make sure Ghana met Nigeria in the Finals because of their believe that Ghana is a stronger team than Borkina Faso,also that Ghana would defeat Nigeria in the finals which was and is a fantasy and will alway remain a fantasy.The Ghana defender was supposed to get a yellow card at the least for that tackle not Pitroipa.I was surprissed he did not make the Ghana guys retake the penalties the missed in order for CAF to achieve their goal.We are not fooled by CAF so they should stop trying.Would CAF had reversed the outcome of the match had Ghana won the match duo to the blunder caused by the referee and have Borkina Faso play in the finals against Nigeria on sunday? We all know they won't.............................