Former Nigerian internationals, Augustine Jay Jay Okocha and Taribo West have voiced out their opinions about the chances of the Super Eagles at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
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The Super Eagles must navigate themeselves out of Group C which will see them battle against Ethiopia, Burkina Aso and the reigning champions Zambia in the preliminary round.
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West believes it would be easier to say ('Hell Fire is such a cold place') than utter the statement 'Super Eagles will emerge winners at AFCON 2013' but Okocha who scored more than 14 goals in more than 70 international appearances for Nigeria feels it is time to 'regain some lost pride' at the AfCON.
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'' I am not seeing them winning the AFCON title. They will have a good tournament. From there, we can build a good and solid team for the future but Nigerians should not put pressure on the team because we won't win the title and the team must not be disbanded afterwards '' West said.
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On the otherhand, Okocha recently said in an interview......
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'' We have improved over the years and there are no many underdogs anymore. That makes this year's AFCON very competitive and the standard will be very high ''.
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'' Hopefully the Super Eagles will regain their lost pride having missed out the previous edition in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in 2012 ''.
Taribo might be forced to eat his words later on in the competition cos Nigeria will shock Africa