The competition, which is the biggest gathering of African football stars, is holding against the backdrop of protest against its timing, which led to the refusal by some clubs to release players and how the host country, Cameroun, will curtain the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic from spreading. There is also security concerns over conflict in the country’s Anglophone regions over the yeas.
However, for some African football fans, the focus will be on the Super Eagles of Nigeria, which is one of West Africa’s team in the tournament. The absence of some key players in the Super Eagles’ squad notwithstanding, Eguavoen says the technical crew would inject creativity into the team to surpass their foes, beginning with Tuesday’s opening match against seven times champions, Pharaohs of Egypt.
Eguavoen is not putting his eggs in one basket. He stated that in case the CSKA Moscow wonder kid fails to live up to the huge challenge on his shoulder, there are other available options that could be exploited to breath creativity into the team. A clause in the contract he signed with the club, which indicated that he was no longer active internationally for Nigeria, may have prevented him from participating in the tournament.
As Eguavoen and his team prepare for the big test, the opening match against Egypt, on Tuesday, millions of Nigerian football fans back home are hopeful of a brilliant beginning.SENEGAL is the leading African side according to the FIFA rankings, and their star player is Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane.
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