AFCON 2023: Give us this day, fans tell Super Eagles

Super Eagles players brainstorm ahead of Cameroun’s clash tonight

. As Nigeria confronts Cameroun in round of 16

Though history favours the Super Eagles to win today’s epic clash against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun in Abidjan, for a majority of Nigerian football fans, the Camerounians equally have what it takes to carry the day.

At Egypt 2019 AFCON, the Super Eagles eliminated the Indomitable Lions in the City of Alexandra, winning 3-2 in the round of 16 on a night the host, Egypt, were beaten by the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Cairo.

Nigeria and Cameroun are meeting once again in another round of 16, and the Indomitable Lions have vowed never to allow a repeat of Egypt 2019.

The Lions, with their returnee captain, Vincent Aboubakar, as well as Clinton Njie, have vowed to fight with ‘everything’ in today’s ‘operation stop Super Eagles’ in Cote d’Ivoire. Aboubakar and Njie arrived in Abidjan with the team on Thursday night.

The two teams finished in second place in Group A and C respectively, and their clash at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium today is seen as one of the biggest showdowns in this year’s AFCON. The match will start from 9.00 p.m.

The encounter is now the talk of the town, with the many Nigerian fans rolling out all sorts of permutations.

According to the proprietor of Cable Football Academy, Coach Edwin Onovwotafe, he foresees the Eagles smiling at the end of the tie. “It will be a great match, no doubt, but I see the Super Eagles winning,” he told The Guardian, yesterday.

Another Nigerian fan, who gave his name as Usman, said on a radio sports programme monitored in Lagos that he foresees the game going into a penalty. “It might end in a penalty shootout, which could be anybody’s game.”

However, a