Mikel Obi, Former Super Eagles Captain And Ex-Chelsea Star: Says Nigeria Will Win The Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON). Facts or Delusion?

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Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has foretold that Nigeria would be the champion of the upcoming Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) tournament and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, the best player. Mikel made these predictions during an interview with CNN World Sport. The AFCON football tournament is slated to commence in January 2024. The Super Eagles have been placed in Group A, alongside Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea. Nigeria would have her first match on the 15th of January 2024 against Equatorial Guinea.

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“He [Victor Osimhen] is on fire. For me, he looks a little bit like Didier Drogba; he scores goals, he holds up play—a strong, young, and energetic striker. When it comes to the striking department, I think right now we are blessed. We are blessed with a lot of players there. [Taiwo] Awoniyi is doing well for Nottingham Forest and also for the national team. We also have Victor Boniface of Bayer Leverkusen, who is doing really well. So we are quite blessed when it comes to striking force. But we just have to fix some little issues with the defence and goalkeeping. I think if we can be able to do that, we’ve got a very good chance.”

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[Adanna]

I don't think Mikel is being delulu. Nigeria has a formidable team. They have won AFCON before and they can do it again. I hope 2024 is that year for the team.