President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reveal he’s not impressed with the performances of the Super Eagles at the ongoing Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) tournament npflupdates.com reports.
The Super Eagles having progressed to the knockout stages of the 34th edition of AFCON, are currently in Ivory Coast. The national team is on course to winning it’s fourth AFCON title after winning it’s third in 2013.
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Speaking to the three-time African champions, President Tinubu through the Minister for Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, said he’s not impressed.
What President Tinubu said about the Super Eagles performances
“I had a meeting with the President yesterday. I went to the villa for something else and the President cornered me and said we (Eagles) managed to qualify and I said that’s how we are going to keep going until we win the tournament,” Enoh was quoted by Sahara Reporters.
“He said that I should tell the players that he wasn’t too impressed with the last match but he knows that now that they are off the group stages, they are going to impress him more.”
“That’s what the President told me and it means that the President is actually watching your matches. Would you believe this? And the President is urging you and also showing an understanding of the game because he knows that there is a lot of caution at the group stage and from the round of 16, you are going to be more impressive.
“I remember that in 2022 in Cameroon, Egypt as a country struggled to qualify but they went ahead to play the finals,” he added.
Musa, who spoke on behalf of the Super Eagles players, told the Minister that the team would appreciate a morale-boosting visit by the President.
“We have a message that we are going to send to you [Enoh] to the President.
“We don’t want him to watch the game on TV anymore, we want him over here [Ivory Coast] to come and cheer us together. So this is our own message to the President.”
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Responding, Enoh said, “The president will come. I can assure you the president will come. He has told me when he wants to come and my prayer is that gradually we are going to get to the point where the President can come. He will come. I will bring the president, he will come,” he assured.
The Super Eagles will come up against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in its Round-of-16 fixture on Saturday. The match which will be played at the Stade Felix Houphouët Boigny, will see the winner book a place on the quarterfinals.
