Africa Nations Cup knockout games is starting and Nigeria will have to square it out against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday, the cracker may
It is expect to be a tough cracker to untie the victory knowing what a loss will mean to either of the foes, yet the Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr will not be perturbed as he said the three-times African Champions will approach the match with “triumph tactics and not with show-off strength”.
efeating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1984, 1988 and 2000, but most painful for the Nigeria national team was that agonizing penalty shoot-out loss in front of home fans at the National Stadium, Lagos on 13Nigeria and Cameroon share eight African titles between them. While the Indomitable Lions have won five times , Nigeria were champions in 1980, 1994 and 2013.
Rohr explained that his side’s advantage over the defending champions was that Nigeria played on Sunday while Cameroon played on Tuesday. The German tactician also said that he will start his best eleven against Cameroon in order to make Nigerians proud. “We had six points in the group stage, they had only five. They scored only two goals like we scored. So i see a very tough game with a very small difference in the score…
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