The coach said this at a press conference after Nigeria booked a spot in the second round with a comfortable 3-1 win over their hapless Sudanese counterpart.
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Gbajabiamila was elated that the Super Eagles put up a superlative performance to defeat the Pharaohs of Egypt, who are considered one of the favourites of the tournament.
Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal put Nigeria ahead in the 30th minute of the game with a shot into the top-left corner of the goalpost.
That was the charge of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the Super Eagles
The FIFA Under 17 winner will be supported by Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho in their quest for maximum three points in the Group D opener
The National chairman of NFSC, Samuel Ikpea, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Garoua, Cameroon ahead of Eagles crunch opener against Egypt Tuesday.
The Pharaohs, who have won the competition a record seven times, were due to depart Cairo for Yaounde on Friday.
Tia who took over the team from French Hubert Velud, who was sacked in December, told Cafonline.com that although his team is young, they are very hungry and have a huge desire to perform.
The championship is set to be played from January 9, 2022 to February, 2022 amid COVID-19 scare in Cameroon.
The Pharaohs squad has 25 players, led by Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, with a return for Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet”.
“I faced Egypt as a player and a coach so the game in the Africa Cup of Nations won’t be easy mission,” Eguavoen was quoted as saying on Nigeria Football Federation channel.
According to a statement by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), the final 23-man squad will be announced by the end of December.
Malami made this known at the ninth session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.
Goals by Mercy Idoko in the 38th minute, Flourish Sebastine (47th minute), Esther Onyenezide (50th minute, from the penalty spot) and Deborah Ajibola (55th minute) condemned Congo, conquerors of Egypt, to countenancing a near-hopeless situation in the return leg.
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In a memo to all participating countries, CAF said they could name up to 28 players in their squads for the tournament.
In this battle of the bigwigs, Nigeria aims to equal the 12-title records of Egypt in the men’s event, while the Egyptians are hoping to continue their dominance over the Nigerian ladies.
CAF has already moved the game, earlier scheduled for Thursday, 2nd September forward by a day to Wednesday, 1st September and the respected Nigerian administrator is already in the Egyptian capital to superintend proceedings of the Day 1 encounter.
All teams in the same pot avoid one another but they could be drawn against any in the other pots, so no one can rule out the likelihood of the Super Eagles clashing with the Pharaohs, the Blue Sharks and surprise packets Coelacanths.
The African representatives had qualified for the quarter-finals after an impressive 2-0 win against Australia in their final Group C game.