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The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria performed a 1-1 draw towards Equatorial Guinea of their opening AFCON Group A fixture in Ivory Coast.
Coach of the Ivorian Nationwide Soccer staff, Jean Louis Gasset, has expressed that his facet is aware of the place the energy of the Tremendous Eagles lie, Soccernet.ng stories.
The Elephants of Cote D’ivoire defeated Guinea-Bissau within the opening group fixture, because of targets from Jean-Philippe Krasso and Seko Fofana. The Ivorians are at the moment prime of Group A with three factors.
The Ivorians are set to tackle Jose Peseiro’s males on Thursday afternoon, with either side hungry for all three factors to realize additional floor of their race for qualification.
With either side set to lock horns, the Ivory Coast coach highlighted that he is aware of the energy of the Nigerian staff, particularly since they’ve one of the best African participant of their squad.
“Relating to our second match, we all know the strengths of Nigeria, they’ve a formidable offensive armada, they’ve one of the best African participant of their squad, however towards them, we must elevate our cursor, and I do know my gamers will do it as a result of I do know you needed to win that first recreation to be launched,” the 70-year-old French coach stated.
Each groups have 5 African Cup of Nations trophies between them and are set for a scintillating conflict on the Stade Olympique Ouattara on Thursday, with the hosts having the benefit of enjoying on house soil.
