Fearing for the Super Eagles, thanking Ben Ayade AFCON2019
The African Nations’ Cup starts in Egypt this month and Nigeria’s Super Eagles will participate. I’m worried about the safety of our boys. Over the years, one had had to worry each time they travelled together; what with those flight-related issues linked to the football teams of some other nations. So, each time the Super Eagles travelled, I quietly said a few words, wishing them a safe journey.
Meanwhile, Nigerian boys are in almost every football league across the world. I was impressed by those that I saw in the European leagues as well as the US Major League Soccer in this last football season. They are even more noticeable in the latter; many in the former are good yet they don’t catch the attention of the Super Eagles’ technical bench. Two of them are part of the current team in Egypt though – Henry Onyekuru in Turkey and Victor Osimhen in Belgium.
The other set of Nigerian players that left a lasting impression on me was the 1994 class of Super Eagles in Tunisia. They were strong, solid and so dependable that in the final match of the 1994 Nations Cup, and after Zambia scored the first goal, I settled down more comfortably believing the game had just begun. We scored two goals and won the tournament.
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