Afrigather The Portuguese tactician has given the clearest trace but that he needs to proceed to deal with the three-time AFCON winners
Jose Peseiro has reacted to the newest FIFA rankings, which noticed Nigeria rise considerably following a powerful outing on the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng stories.
The Fédération Internationale de Soccer Affiliation, FIFA, on Thursday (right now, February fifteenth) launched the primary rankings for 2024, just a few days after the conclusion of the AFCON.
The Tremendous Eagles skilled one of many highest actions of the month, rising 14 locations to vacate their earlier forty second place to now sit because the Twenty eighth-best footballing nation on the planet.
Much more impressively, the Nigerian nationwide workforce moved from quantity six to a few in Africa, with solely Morocco and Senegal forward of the Tremendous Eagles.
It’s Nigeria’s highest rating for the reason that nation received the AFCON in 2013, and the rise might be linked to the Tremendous Eagles’ spectacular exhibiting at this yr’s version of the continental championship.
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