Although the Eagles escaped with a 1-1 draw and sealed an
early ticket to AFCON 2019 in Cameroun, footballlive.ng reports that Yobo was
not happy with the manner in which the defenders gave away the hosts’ lone
goal.
Yobo said as a pitch side analyst for the game at FNB
Stadium, Johannesburg that the Eagles gave too much space to South Africa
forward, Percy Tau and allowed him to shine in setting up the goal that helped
Bafana Bafana equalize and force the draw.
Tau set up the goal for South Africa with a lovely turn,
which took out Nigeria’s back-three defence line of William Troost-Ekong, Leon
Aderemi Balogun and Kenneth Omeruo in one swoop, thereby setting him up for the
day’s biggest individual prize.
Yobo, who captained Nigeria to AFCON glory in South Africa
in 2013, conceded that Tau deserved to be voted man of the match, but stressed
it was simply because the Nigerian defenders allowed him to outwit them.
The former Everton of England and Fernebahce of Turkey
defender added that it would have been a lot harder for the 24-year-old had he
been marked closely on and off the ball.Yobo opined: “Tau did very well and he
deserves to win the man of the match award but you have to question the space
he was given by the defence of Nigeria.“Maybe it would have been a lot
different if he had little or no time when he is on the ball.”
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