Eagles were unlucky – Salisu Yusuf 

Nigeria coach Salisu Yusuf believes they created enough

opportunities to win against Rwanda in their CHAN 2018

opener but were unlucky against defensive opponents.

The second group ‘C’ encounter ended goalless at Stade

Batouta, Tangier, Morocco with Rwanda putting up a strong

defense to frustrate the home-based Super Eagles side.

“We had opportunities, but we were unlucky,” the former

international said.

He added: “Rwanda deployed a defensive strategy and it

worked for them.”

Nigeria squandered countless glaring scoring chances against

the coach Antoine Hey outfit including hitting the woodwork

three times.

Nonetheless, Salisu has no regrets and is already plotting for

the next outing against Libya, who thumped debutants

Equatorial Guinea 3-0 at the same venue in the group’s opener.

“The players had a good game we regret nothing. We were

unlucky and that’s it. I remain positive because luck was not on

our side.

“The next match will be against Libya, who beat Equatorial

Guinea. It will be an open match.”