More revelations are emerging about certain factors that led to Nigeria’s historic 3-1 victory over Brazil on Wednesday, as the South American team’s coach, Rilany admitted the Flamingos were simply stronger, Sports247 reports.
The 40-year-old Brazilian former national team defender, whose full name is Rilany Aguier da Silva, acknowledged in retrospect that the Nigerians got the better of her squad with their strength and fast breaks on the counter.
She went on to fault her players for committing several errors during the game, as they also did in one of their group matches that ended in a 3-3 draw with Ghana, which she admitted should not be done against a strong opponent.
The embittered gaffer went further with a strong hint that she actually studied the Nigerian team very well and gave her players strict instructions on how to punish the Flamingos’ weaknesses, only for them to forget it all when the chips came down.
“Just like against Ghana, when you make technical mistakes against teams that are more physical than those we are used to, you will pay for that. Against Ghana, we made a lot of mistakes in simple passes. That happened again (and) we suffered because of it.
“These are teams that defend and attack with two blocks and offer a lot of space inside the pitch. But we couldn’t take advantage of that because of these errors. We suffered a lot from the transitions and counter-attacks,” Rilany submitted ruefully.
