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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Alex Iwobi has revealed how a difficult start at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations forced former head coach, Jose Peseiro to change formation.<\/p>\n

The West Africans started the competition on a not too impressive note, rallying to hold Equatorial Guinea to a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n

Peseiro then switched to a defensive 3-5-2 formation with the Super Eagles claiming a hard-fought 1-0 victory over hosts Cote in their second group game.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese stuck to the formation with the Super Eagles going all the way to the final before losing 2-1 to Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought it was a lucky escape. [After that] the manager\u2019s gone a bit defensive, put five at the back, and the next game\u2019s against the host nation who just won,\u201d Iwobi told Fulham FC.<\/p>\n

\u201cConfidence is high thinking \u2018yeah this formation sticks, it\u2019ll work.\u2019 Then we win our next game, go through to the next round and everyone\u2019s on high thinking \u2018ok there\u2019s a chance we can do something here.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to the Final, though we could beat the host nation again, but it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Alex Iwobi has revealed how a difficult start at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations forced former head coach, Jose Peseiro to change formation. The West Africans started the competition on a not too impressive note, rallying to hold Equatorial Guinea to a 1-1 draw. 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