Nigeria coach, Salisu Yusuf reflected on his side’s 4-0 defeat to Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) final at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca on Sunday.
“We lost today because we had to manage due to many injuries, Morocco played well,” Salisu told the media.
The home-based Super Eagles were without some of their key players, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Sunday Faleye.
Peter Eneji, who was making his first appearance in the tournament, was sent off after the Nigeria attacker received his second yellow card.
“They created chances and scored, it could have been better if we had all our players available. The game become more difficult with the red card,” he added.
Salisu decided to bench star striker, Anthony Okpotu and he was replaced by Eneji on the Super Eagles starting line-up.
“It was a strategy to introduce Okpotu from the bench, Eneji did well. We wanted to win but Morocco got it,” he explained.