Siasia: It’s not over yet

Nigeria’s road to the gold medal match at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 was cut short after the ‘Dream Team VI’ came up against an organised and resolute German defence in a 2-0 loss in the semi-finals. Nigeria had chances early in the match at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, but they were unable to capitalise on them and it proved costly in the end. Nigeria head coach Samson Siasia spoke with FIFA.com about learning from the defeat and his aims for the team ahead of their bronze medal match against Honduras. “We didn’t play well in the match [against Germany],” Siasia said. “We’ve been playing better than what we showed against Germany. There were too many mistakes from us. The Germans are a very good side and they are tactically very, very sound. “They were running behind and we couldn’t defend them. We did have chances in the first half to score but we didn’t utilise them. That’s what it is in football. If you get to this stage, you have to take your chances. “All of that to say, we did not play well. It’s like the boys were sleeping right from the first half. But we take this one and hopefully we can go for the bronze medal.” Awaiting ‘Dream Team VI’ are Honduras, who fell to hosts Brazil 6-0 earlier on Wednesday at the Maracana, in the bronze medal match in Belo …

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