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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Super Eagles captain, Austine Jay Jay Okocha, has given his verdict on Alex Iwobi\u2019s red card during Nigeria\u2019s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 1-0 loss to Tunisia on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Iwobi was shown a red card during Nigeria\u2019s defeat to Tunisia in the AFCON round of 16 encounters in Cameroon.<\/p>\n

The Everton star was red-carded just seven minutes after entering the game as a substitute for a heavy challenge on Youssef Msakni, who scored the only goal of the match, as he controlled the ball.<\/p>\n

But Okocha, who is Iwobi\u2019s uncle, believes the former Arsenal star merited a red card for dangerous play, whether it was intentional or not.<\/p>\n

Providing his verdict on Iwobi\u2019s red card, Okocha told SuperSport, \u201cAs players, we always try to retain possession, especially when you have had a bad touch, but also the referee dished out yellow first because he realized that it wasn\u2019t dangerous play until the VAR called him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when they look at replays, sometimes they tell a different story and when we saw that replay, I said, he\u2019s off, whether it was intentional, whatever, he was a bit dangerous on the Tunisian player but that wasn\u2019t his intention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, these referees play by the book. We have had a bad day and when it rains, it pours.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Super Eagles captain, Austine Jay Jay Okocha, has given his verdict on Alex Iwobi\u2019s red card during Nigeria\u2019s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 1-0 loss to Tunisia on Sunday night. Iwobi was shown a red card during Nigeria\u2019s defeat to Tunisia in the AFCON round of 16 encounters in Cameroon. 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