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But while the victory over the Mambas ought to have put smiles on the lips of the gaffer, the Portuguese manager expressed his dissatisfaction with the poor display from the players saying they lack the expected level of "concentration."recorded its first win in over a dozen friendly contests on Monday evening against 10-man Mambas of Mozambique in a five-goal thriller to end their international break.
Ever since then, it has been a catalogue of losses and at best draws for Nigeria until Monday’s hard-fought victory in Portugal.But while the victory over the Mambas ought to have put smiles on the lips of the gaffer, the Portuguese manager expressed his dissatisfaction with the poor display from the players, saying they lack the expected level of “concentration.”
While it was as if it would be a long evening for the Eagles, they got themselves into the game and at the half-hour mark, Frank Onyeka opened the goalscoring chart for Nigeria. And with no time before the break Nigeria doubled the lead.But for Peseiro, he bemoaned the attitude of his boys emphasising their misplaced chances in the second half saying the Eagles had better chances of dominating the game all through.
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