Head coach of Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team, Otto Addo, has stated that his team’s latest loss to Nigeria had something to do with Nigeria having a more “matured” team than Ghana.
He said this in a post-game presser after Ghana lost 2-1 to Nigeria at the G-Tech Community Stadium in England in the 2025 Unity Cup on Wednesday, May 28.
Nigeria will play in the final of the four nation tournament against Jamaica after the win; Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the other fixture.
In his statement after the game where he noted that the Black Stars’ performance in the second half was better than the first, Otto Addo pointed to Nigeria having a more “matured” side than his team. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
“Like I said, it’s not always easy especially when we have players that haven’t often together. I think Nigeria had a more matured team who could adapt faster and we had problems getting into the duels to press well but also to defend well” Otto Addo said about his much changed team.
Ghana missed established names for the games like Thomas Partey, Mohammed Kudus, Antoine Semenyo, Inaki Williams and Alexander Djiku for varied reasons.