Nigeria And Morocco Are Favorites To Win AFCON – Osimhen

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has said that Nigeria are determined to win the Africa Cup of Nations. He recently revealed that the Nigerian national team will channel their World Cup qualification failure into tournament success in Morocco.

According to him, Super Eagles definitely made mistakes that ruined Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the World Cup, but the AFCON tournament is an opportunity for the team to right those wrongs.

Osimhen added that he rates Nigeria and host Morocco among the favourites to win the tournament.

His words, “For us, last month was really disappointing,. It is not how we thought it would be, but life has happened and I think we have moved on, but the painful memory still lingers so we want to use this opportunity to send a clear message out there that we still have it in us.

We had some shortcomings in the previous games, but this AFCON is a very big opportunity for us to rectify some things. For our own selves also, not just for the fans. We will give everything to make sure we actualize this dream.

We want to use this opportunity of coming to AFCON to try to make up for so many disappointments that we have given them and use everything we have to make them happy.

For us, now we are going to war and Tuesday is the first one and we will give everything.

Aside from Nigeria, I think the hosts are favourites. They have a lot of quality and I also look at some other countries but this is Africa and you can’t tell because anybody can shock you. Just like us and the hosts, there are other favourites also, but I tip Nigeria Super Eagles to go all the way.

We are not underrating anyone in our group, but we are up there with so many favourites in this tournament. It is not going to be easy and we have a long way to go but I think I’m positive about the squad.

Wilfred was one of the leaders in the team even when Troost-Ekong was captain. He has also learned a lot from him because Ekong was one of the best captains I have known since I arrived here alongside [John Obi] Mikel and [Ahmed] Musa.

For me, I am happy he was given the captaincy. It is just for all of us to support him. Every one of us will support him because he is a good person on and off the pitch. Even on the pitch he gives his all, so he deserves it and we will all rally round to help him.

The coach has been doing an amazing job. Training has been really intense. For me I believe so much in this squad. I believe so much in the coach and everyone associated with this team.”

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