Afrigather The attracts for the 2023 AFCON came about on Thursday in Abidjan, and Nigeria have been drawn in the identical group because the hosts
The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in Group A forward of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations developing in January subsequent yr, Soccernet experiences.
The three-time African were pitched against two-time champions Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea Bissau. In the meantime, the Nigerian soccer group has labelled it a ‘Group of Dying’.
Nevertheless, a essential look clearly exhibits that it’s not. The one staff that ought to give Nigeria a tricky time is hosts Ivory Coast. With the assist of the house crowd and their star-studded staff, they may give the Tremendous Eagles a run for his or her cash.
Earlier conferences towards Ivory Coast within the AFCON haven’t been completely productive. Nigeria have misplaced two of their final three conferences within the competitors.
Nevertheless, the final time each international locations met, Nigeria emerged victorious, beating the Elephants 2-1 within the run-up to their 2013 AFCON victory.
With regards to their high quality on the pitch, each international locations are at par. Ivory Coast have gamers like Sebastien Haller, Wilfred Zaha, Simon Adingra, Evan Ndicka, Ibrahim Sangare, and Frank Kessie.
Nevertheless, other than Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau usually are not purported to pose any significant risk to Jose Peseiro. Guinea-Bissau have been good prospects for Nigeria.
Each international locations met on the final AFCON, and Nigeria bought a snug 2-0 victory. It might have been worse for Djurtus however for Nigeria’s profligacy.
Nevertheless, Guinea-Bissau bought their pound of flesh within the AFCON qualifiers. Guinea-Bissau shocked Nigeria in Abuja. Nonetheless, the Tremendous Eagles defeated them within the second leg in Bissau.
Clearly, it won’t be a straightforward tie, however with each groups’ historical past and high quality, Nigeria are head and shoulders above Guinea-Bissau.
In the meantime, Equatorial Guinea additionally don’t have the standard to defeat three-time African champions Nigeria. Other than missing the standard to do it, they’ve succumbed to losses of their earlier two conferences.
It’s clear that the one nation that ought to give Nigeria severe issues is Ivory Coast. And as such, Group A isn’t the group of loss of life.
Nevertheless, that is all paper speak, because the Tremendous Eagles haven’t precisely impressed a lot confidence regardless of the abundance of high quality. In Africa, a lot of the minos have improved over time, they usually might nonetheless pose a major risk to the Tremendous Eagles in the event that they fail to do their homework.
