Home Sports All Set For Super Eagles To Know AFCON 2025 Foes On Monday

All Set For Super Eagles To Know AFCON 2025 Foes On Monday

0
Super Eagles...before a flight...
Super Eagles...before a flight...

Super Eagles‘ new coach, Eric Sekou Chelle as well as erstwhile Nigeria’s trainer, Gernot Rohr will be in the mix on Monday as the long- awaited Africa Cup of Nations(AFCON) 2025 Final Draw holds today in Rabat, Morocco.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) hinted at the weekend that  the Super Eagles’ contingent  to the Draw slated for the iconic Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat includes  Chelle along with Team Administrator, Dayo Enebi Achor and Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, Alhaji Sharif Rabiu Inuwa.

Rohr who  ensured  qualification of neighbouring  Republic of Benin, told NationSports  he will  grace the occasion even as  the organisers, CAF, confirmed yesterday that no fewer than  20 coaches along with notable  African football legends are already in Rabat for the auspicious event.

Set to kick off  at 7pm Nigerian time, three time African champions, Nigeria have been placed in Pot 1, alongside seven-time winners Egypt, three-time champions and Cup holders Cote d’Ivoire, two-time winners Algeria, hosts and 1976 champions Morocco and 2021 winners Senegal.

The draw will determine the composition of six groups of four teams, with the top two in each group, along with the four best third-placed teams, advancing to the knockout rounds.

According to CAF, those already in Rabat also include Emerse Faé who led the Elephants  of Cote d’Ivoire to glory on home soil  at the  expense of the Super Eagles at the delayed  2023 AFCON Final.  There is also Pape Thiaw, who will guide Senegal in his first AFCON as head coach, and Vladimir Petković, tasked with reviving Algeria’s fortunes after a dip in recent years.

Legends expected in audience include Cameroon’s Rigobert Song who holds the record for most AFCON matches played as well as Essam El Hadary, the record-setting Egyptian goalkeeper.

There are also Morocco’s own Mustapha Hadji and Côte d’Ivoire’s Serge Aurier  and among other heavyweight dignitaries.

Credit: thenationonlineng.net

author avatar
pmparrot

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here