'Nigerians have renewed love for Tremendous Eagles'
Tremendous Eagles Assistant Captain, William Troost-Ekong, who was named the very best participant on the simply concluded Ivory Coast 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, has been named within the Greatest XI of the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) match.
Conspicuously lacking is Nigerian striker and present African Footballer of the 12 months, Victor Osimhen.
Nevertheless, Nigeria have two different gamers of their squad who’re coached by Ivory Coast's Emerson Fae. They’re Ola Aina and Ademola Lookman.
The Greatest XI launched by CAF yesterday additionally contains three Ivorians, two South Africans, two Congolese and one Equatoguinean.
Ivory Coast's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, broadly considered the very best ever, led to epic trend on Sunday with hosts Ivory Coast finishing one of many biggest comebacks by beating Nigeria on the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan.
CAF mentioned its technical research group was monitoring and analyzing the match and its developments from day one.
The Ivoirians within the Greatest
DR Congo's Yoane Wissa and Chancel Mbemba are the one gamers within the squad to make the squad.
In the meantime, Chairman of the Nigerian Soccer Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has described the renewed love of Nigerians for the Tremendous Eagles as one of many advantages of the nation's participation within the simply concluded Africa Cup of Nations.
Nigeria misplaced 1-2 to hosts Ivory Coast within the remaining match of the 2023 AFCON in Abidjan on Sunday. However after the final match, Gusau mentioned he was blissful that Nigerians have began loving the workforce once more “not like previously when all we obtained was abuse and insults.”
Gusau promised that the NFF would proceed to work to make sure the Eagles maintained the present excessive requirements, beginning with the selection of coach.
He mentioned: “Nigerians throughout the nation have been praying for the Tremendous Eagles as a substitute of abusing them. The love for the workforce is unprecedented this time and we’ll strive to make sure that it stays that means.
“It was mirrored within the gamers' efficiency as they have been relaxed and performed with out worry. “We’ll look once more at how we are able to take the Tremendous Eagles to the subsequent degree and I can guarantee Nigerians that we are going to do all the things we are able to to maintain the bar excessive.”
