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Head Coach of Nigeria Salisu Yusuf praised his team's fighting spirit throughout the game, as they came back from a goal down to claim victory.
He said "Today's game was the most difficult for us in the tournament as we fought for 90 minutes against a good team. We never lost faith in our players because we were creating chances and the more you do that the chances of scoring are higher."
Despite Striker Anthony Okpotu guilty of missing chances, the coach reiterated his believe in the forward
"I'm so confident about Anthony Okpotu and we believe in him and he has been scoring despite missing some chances but he will be much better in the coming matches."
Yusuf also stated that the Eagles never underestimated the Angolan's but victory was the most important thing.
"We never underestimated Angola, they play good football and are a good team but the important thing was to win and we won."
The Head Coach of Angola Srdan Vasiljevic was less pleased with the result,
He said "Football is sometimes not favourable. We scored and Nigeria equalised in the last minute before winning it in extra time. We thought it was enough to hold on for a win but it wasn't enough and we lost. I hoped to have a good result but this is football for you."
However the Serbian was pleased with the competition, as it offered his home based players necessary exerience.
"The tournament provides us with a lot of experience which will help us going forward because this is a tournament that gives great experience to our players." He said
Super Eagles goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, who had a very good game and was voted Total Man of the Match, stated that his performances in front of Gernot Rohr should help him with the main Super Eagles.
"I'm happy with my performance and having Gernot Rohr here watching, I believe that will help me with the senior national team." He said
He however praised the team's performance as they pushed for victory during extra time.
He said "I have to thank the team especially the coach who was very calm in the technical area pushing the team and believing that we will get the win. The performance was great because we continued to push and tried to get the goal after going down and we did just that in the last minute."
Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr was full of praise for the shot stopper after the game, He said
Nigeria will play Sudan in the second semifinal on Wednesday, January 31
Sudan vs Nigeria at the Grand stade Marrakech, Marrakech at (7:30, 8:30 Nigerian time)