Kwara Falcons coach Adewunmi Aderemi has admitted that Argentina were the better side against Nigeria’s D’Tigers when both sides clashed in their opening Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s basketball match on Sunday.
The South Americans had an easy ride over their Nigerian counterparts, winning 94-66 to put D’Tigers in a precarious position ahead of their next game against Lithuania.
“Argentina is a very good team with experienced players; they are better than our team no doubt but our boys did not play together as a team both in offense and in defence, and it made things easy for the opponents,” Aderemi, popularly known as Owolo, said.
Ahead of their next game against Lithuania, who D’Tigers defeated in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to qualify for their first ever appearance at the Games at London 2012, Aderemi said team unity on the court was important from the buzzer, if the Nigerian side hoped to emerge victorious.
“Our team have team offence and defence, so what they should do is play together and we will have a better performance. The players should run the team offences and defences deliberately, play with confidence and play together as a team, not the individual game they played against Argentina on Sunday,” he added.