Libya deserved to pass through - Johnny McKinstry "Amavubi Head Coach"
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00:03 I think overall, over the two games you have to say we've been beaten by the better team.
00:17 You have to give that to Libya.
00:19 In this game specifically we had a lot of possession in the first half.
00:23 Individual errors cost us. We went 1-0 behind.
00:27 We then got the goal back.
00:30 We've had a lot of possession in the first half, but again,
00:33 we haven't put it into the strikers.
00:36 We haven't created the opportunities. We want too many touches on the ball.
00:39 In the second half we came out with the intention of going and being very aggressive.
00:44 But then again, an individual error, not standing up, not just putting the ball out of play.
00:51 As it's running out, they've came in and scored the second goal.
00:56 The third goal, we have to throw everything forward.
01:01 You see we've changed the formation to 3-4-3 to really go for it.
01:06 When you do that, you know you're going to have difficulties going the other way
01:11 because you have to be aggressive going forward.
01:14 The third one's taken a big deflection.
01:16 You've just got to hold your hands up and say,
01:18 "Do you know what? Over the two games, Libya were the better team and they deserve to go through."
01:22 You don't win 4-1 on aggregate and be lucky.
01:27 They deserve to go through.
01:28 We need to get back on the training pitch and make it right.
01:33 I've said it before, we're missing that killer instinct in front of goal.
01:38 The thing about it is, our strikers are trying, but this is where you miss a player.
01:45 Everyone's been talking about someone like Mehdi Kheghari recently.
01:49 Obviously, outside of my control, I'd love to be able to pick him, but I can't.
01:54 I would love to be able to pick a player who's scored 20 goals a season, but I can't.
01:58 It's outside of my remit.
02:00 The players we have, they hit and miss a little bit.
02:04 That means in midfield, the midfielders probably think,
02:07 "Well, I'll keep hold of the ball a little bit more until we get a perfect chance."
02:12 Whereas if you had an Alan Shearer type, a Didier Drogba type at the top of the team,
02:17 you'd probably give the ball to them much earlier.
02:20 It's not for one to try.
02:21 You saw at the end, we had three strikers on the pitch,
02:24 two of whom are the top two goal scorers in the league,
02:28 and it still wasn't falling for them.
02:31 It's just really at international level, we lack that killer instinct.
02:35 There's an old saying that says, "Quitters never win, and winners never quit."
02:39 For me, I'm someone who--
02:41 You only get better by getting on the training pitch and working at things.
02:45 For me, tomorrow we'll be back at training.
02:48 We have a game against Ethiopia in Saqqafa on Saturday,
02:51 and we'll be on the training ground tomorrow afternoon looking to move forward.
02:56 For me, every single day, it's how do we move forward, how do we move forward.
03:00 We started well in terms of we had a few good results to bring in,
03:05 three or four wins and draws to start with, the away win in Mozambique,
03:10 and we went on a bad run.
03:12 We lost a few games, a couple of them competitive against Ghana and now Libya.
03:16 We just need to get back on the training pitch and fix this.
03:20 Obviously, the World Cup, it's very, very disappointing for us to go out of the World Cup,
03:25 but ultimately our primary objectives are Chan and the African Cup of Nations.
03:29 So we refocus onto those, and we get back to work on the training pitch.
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