Head coach of Equatorial Guinea national team – Juan Obiang has shared his delight over his team’s historic 1-0 win against African champions, Algeria on Sunday in Douala.
Despite having every football statistics against them going into the match, the Nzalang Nacional proved why football is, and has never been absolute science in the final analysis as Esteban Fernandez’s 70th minute goal was enough to end the enviable 35 match unbeaten run of the Desert Foxes.
Speaking in a post match interview coach Juan Obiang could simply not hide his feeling:
“I am delighted with this victory against a great and beautiful team from Algeria, it was not an easy match but we managed to build our victory.
“The qualification for the next round is not yet acquired and tomorrow we will project ourselves on the match against Sierra Leone. The objective is to get a very good result.
“This evening, I have a thought for all the Equatoguineans living in Cameroon and our people who support us and push us to move forward.”
According to coach Djamel Belmadi [Algeria] they did everything they had to do except failing to put the ball in the net of the Equatoguineans while adding that they’ll fight to stay in the competition regardless:
“It’s not the expected result and yet we did everything, we got several chances but the ball did not go in. We are in a situation of failure, it is a lean moment.
“Football is not always about rational reasons but let’s be sure, we will fight to stay in this competition. It will be against a great team from Côte d’Ivoire which is made up of players playing in the biggest leagues.
“Regarding the opponent, Equatorial Guinea, they defended with a lot of desire, determination and we couldn’t find the fault, it’s a situation of failure.”
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