Ola Aina’s good sidefooted volley in Nottingham Forest’s win over Unai Emery’s Aston Villa gained the membership’s objective of the month award in November.
Tremendous Eagles and Nottingham Forest defender, Ola Aina, has refused to make use of the warmth in Ivory Coast at an excuse for Nigeria’s efficiency in opposition to Equatorial Guinea, Soccernet.ng experiences.
Iban Salvador opened the scoring for Juan Micha’s Spanish talking facet, earlier than the CAF Participant of the 12 months award recipient, Victor Osimhen, levelled the scores two minutes later.
Scuffed probabilities and lack of a scientific edge was the spotlight of the day for Jose Peseiro’s males, and the Portuguese tactician talked about that the sport wasn’t simple for his group, contemplating the timing and the climate circumstances.
Ola Aina, who performed 83 minutes in opposition to Equatorial Guinea and got here near getting a objective himself, earlier than he was taken off for Fernabache’s Shiny Osayi-Samuel, has identified that the warmth was not an excuse for the way the Tremendous Eagles carried out on the Stade Olympique Ouattara.
Talking with Soccernet.ng in an interview, the previous Chelsea full-back admitted that the climate was humid, however wasn’t something out of the extraordinary.
“The climate was scorching, however okay. I feel everybody is aware of the best way to cope with the warmth right here. Possibly we received drained in direction of the top of the sport, however that’s regular. The warmth isn’t an excuse,” the 27-year-old mentioned.
Aina additionally added that the Tremendous Eagles will do their greatest to be extra scientific as they play in opposition to the hosts tomorrow afternoon, with the Ivory Coast devoted having the house benefit.