Mutiu: Eagles have the experience and players to go a step further than they did in CIV

Nigeria legend Mutiu Adepoju, who won the AFCON trophy in 1994 and was in the Nigeria team to three FIFA World Cup finals is confident the Super Eagles have the experience and the talent to go a step further than they did last year in Cote d’Ivoire after the draw for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations final tournament was held on Monday night.
Nigeria have been drawn against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, the Taifa Stars of Tanzania and the Cranes of Uganda.
The Super Eagles have played all three in the tournament in the past and will be seeking for revenge against Tunisia who won 1-0 when both sides met in the first knockout stage of the 2021 AFCON in Garoua, Cameroun and against Uganda who defeated the ‘Green Eagles’ 2-1 at the semifinal stage in Kumasi, Ghana in 1978.
‘Given the level of our players, their outing at the last AFCON where they came close to winning the trophy, and the good and great things they’re doing with their various clubs in Europe presently, I am confident that we have a team that can compete favourably and perhaps win the trophy for the fourth time in Morocco,’ said Adepoju.