Legendary Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, Bukayo Saka and Tammy Abraham have congratulated the Tremendous Eagles for his or her AFCON 2023 semi-final victory towards South Africa.
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #AFCON pic.twitter.com/7GrfdTufal
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) February 7, 2024
Tremendous Falcons star Ashleigh Plumptre, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Solanke additionally celebrated the win.
The Eagles defeated South Africa 4-2 on penalties after each groups had drawn 1-1 in common time.
Stanley Nwabali was the hero for Jose Peseiro's males as he made two saves to assist the Eagles to a primary ultimate since 2013.
After the hard-fought win, Ferdinand posted a photograph of himself sporting an previous Tremendous Eagles jersey on his X-handle.
Arsenal star Saka wrote 'Tremendous Eagles' on his Instagram web page and posted a Nigeria flag.
Solanke took to his Instagram and posted a photograph of an Eagles subsequent to a Nigerian flag. Tomori additionally posted a photograph of an eagle, a Nigerian flag and a small rocket.
For her half, Plumptre wrote “Let's go Tremendous Eagles,” whereas Abraham wrote “Final Push” on their social media handles.
The ultimate can be a rematch between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, following their group stage match.
A second-half penalty from William Troost-Ekong secured a 1-0 victory for the Eagles.
