Orlando Pirates centre-back, Olisa Ndah has come out to say that Nigeria are a strong candidate to lift the Africa Cup of Nations title. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, it is very possible for Nigeria to win AFCON 2023, and even if many are not seeing the Super Eagles as favorites right now, everything can work in the country’s favor eventually.
Olisa added that Senegal and Morocco are the nations everyone keeps looking at, but Nigeria can surprise them.
His words, “I really think it’s possible for us to win this Afcon. I think a lot of people are not looking at us as the favourites to win it and that can work in our favour because we don’t have any pressure.
Senegal and Morocco are the favourites, according to many people but as the Super Eagles I think we are more than capable of surprising them by winning it.
I think we [as Nigeria] were silently moving forward.
A lot of people expected a lot of things from us, especially in the first game. It was important that we avoided losing against Equatorial Guinea and that draw inspired us to step up.
You can see that this Afcon is not easy. There’s no longer a small team on the continent.”
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