Manu Garba is unhappy with the goals his team conceded in the opening game of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and has admitted that his boys failed to defend well.
The tactician was forced into making, as many as three changes to his defence line up a week ago after the MRI test knocked out some of his regular players from the trip.
Although they played an all attack game and deservedly scored five goals, the coach, who could easily blame his defence and to a large extent his goalkeeper for the goals conceded insisted the team didn’t defend as a unit.
According to Garba, defending shouldn’t be left alone for the defenders in the team, especially when opponents commit men forward as Tanzania did in Monday’s game.
“It would be unfair if we blame the defence line for the goals conceded. The goalkeeper too should not be blamed for the goals conceded.
“As a team, we didn’t defend well. When you play against a team like Tanzania, who were committing players forward you need more players to defend. The up-field players didn’t do that.
