{"id":58145,"date":"2022-01-25T19:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/afcon-2021-our-performance-wasnt-good-enough-ahmed-musa-speaks-on-nigerias-elimination"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:18:08","slug":"afcon-2021-our-performance-wasnt-good-enough-ahmed-musa-speaks-on-nigerias-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/afcon-2021-our-performance-wasnt-good-enough-ahmed-musa-speaks-on-nigerias-elimination","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2021: Our performance wasn\u2019t good enough \u2013 Ahmed Musa speaks on Nigeria\u2019s elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has admitted that the Super Eagles performance was not good enough during their round of 16 battle against Tunisia on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Carthage Eagles defeated Nigeria 1-0 to book their place in the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the Nigerian players are already at their various club sides after the painful loss and Musa, who was a late substitute during the game, said the team gave their 100 percent but it was not enough for the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn life, things wouldn\u2019t always go the way we want them to and that\u2019s something we have to accept however hard it is,\u201d Musa tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave our 100% and unfortunately that wasn\u2019t good enough to take us through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t give up, we will do better next time. Thanks for all your support and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has admitted that the Super Eagles performance was not good enough during their round of 16 battle against Tunisia on Sunday. The Carthage Eagles defeated Nigeria 1-0 to book their place in the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. 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