The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria have been seeded in the identical group with Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and AFCON 2023 host, Côte d’Ivoire

The top coach of the Ivory Coast nationwide crew, Jean-Louis Gassée, has supplied an damage replace concerning Borussia Dortmund’s Sébastien Haller, Soccernet.ng studies.

The previous France youth worldwide had been hopeful of a well timed restoration from his ankle damage for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Montpellier-born coach has revealed that Haller’s rehabilitation progress is promising, and he would possibly return to face the Tremendous Eagles following their preliminary encounter with Guinea-Bissau on January 13.

This Saturday, on the Laurent Pokou stadium in San Pedro, Côte d’Ivoire is ready to tackle Sierra Leone in a pleasant match as a part of their preparations for the AFCON match.

Forward of this fixture, Coach Gasset supplied an replace on Sébastien Haller and Simon Adingra, each of whom have been hopeful to bolster the Ivory Coast squad for the match.

“All the pieces goes properly for Haller and Adingra. Their therapeutic dates coincided with the tip of the primary spherical of the CAN. However right here, we’re progressing properly. We are going to do exams once we return to Abidjan on Sunday. And I believe that from there, they are going to begin the collective coaching classes,” he mentioned, as quoted by Mondial Sports.

The Elephants are set to begin their group section in opposition to Guinea-Bissau, adopted by matches in opposition to Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.