Nigeria midfielder Alhassan Yusuf has been ruled out of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations match against Ivory Coast on Thursday. Jose Peseiro confirmed that the Royal Antwerp star is yet to fully recover from the injury he sustained in the Super Eagles' opening match against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. Yusuf was stretchered off in the 69th minute of the 1-1 draw and he missed the...
Former Nigeria captain Austin 'Jay-Jay' Okocha has the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations match between host country Ivory Coast and the Super Eagles will be determined by experience and desire to win. Nigeria will be chasing their first win at the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpe on Thursday after they started their campaign in Abidjan with a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. Okocha who played...
Senegal midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate has temporarily left the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations to mourn the death of his father in Dakar. The Nottingham Forest star was an unused substitute in Senegal's 3-0 defeat of the Gambia on Monday and he is rated as one of the veterans in Aliou Cisse's squad. Kouyate got the news of his father's passage at the Teranga Lions' camp in...
Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel said that he is recovering well after suffering from food poisoning in Ivory Coast. The Fenerbahce star missed Nigeria's opening match at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday as he was an unused substitute. After missing the team's training on Monday, Osayi-Samuel is now in a race against time to be fit for their fixture against...
2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner Benjamin Moukandjo has described Cameroon's 1-1 draw against 10-man Guinea as a big disappointment. The Indomitable Lions struggled to take advantage of the expulsion of Guinea striker Francois Kamano in the first-half of the encounter at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium. Kamano was given marching orders in the stoppage time of first-half after Mohamed Bayo opened the scoring for the...
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