All players of the Super Eagles participating in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte D’Ivoire, took part in the team’s training session on Friday, ahead of the elimination round of 16.
The Super Eagles will play against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday Jan. 27, in the first game of the round of 16 matches.
Sharpedgenews reports that the round of 16 encounter, would take place in the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan.
All the players including 23-year-old Alhassan Yusuf, who sustained an injury in Super Eagles’ opening game against Equatorial Guinea trained on Friday.
Another player who missed the last game against Guinea Bissau, was Super Eagles’ stand-in captain, William Ekong, who also took part in full training on Friday at the Ecole Nationale de là Police, Abidjan.
The team’s coach, Jose Peseiro, also hinted at his news conference ahead of the Cameroon game that Leicester City of England’s playmaker, Kelechi Iheanacho, may get his chance to play for the first time in the competition.
Sharpedgenews reports that Nigeria and Cameroon have faced each other seven times in the Africa Cup of Nations, with each team winning three and drawing one.
Cameroon won the finals of the 1984, 1988, and 2000 AFCON tournaments, a 2-1 win ensure the Super Eagles won the bronze medal bronze in 1992, Nigeria then overcame Cup winners Cameroon 2-1 in the 2004 quarter-finals, and won 3-2 in Egypt’s Round of 16 in 2019.
In 1988, both teams drew 1-1 in the group stage, with Samuel Okwaraji scoring after only two minutes in Rabat and Roger Milla equalising with a header after the Nigerian defenders, commanded by Andrew Uwe, thought they had kept him offside.
NAN reports that the match is scheduled for 9:00 p.m.