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AFCON: ‘Your Performance Not Impressing’, Tinubu Tells S’Eagles Players

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been urged to improve their performance and do better in the final stages of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

President Bola Tinubu in a message through the Minister of Sports, John Enoh, said he was not too impressed with the team’s performance in the group stage.

The Super Eagles will play the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the last 16 of the tournament on Saturday at the Felix Houphouet -Boigny Stadium in Abidjan.

Enoh delivered the president’s message to the team while speaking with the players from Abuja via Zoom on Wednesday night in Abidjan.

He said, “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.

“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.”

The team’s captain, Ahmed Musa, while reacting, thanked the sports minister but also called on the President to come to see them play live saying it would serve as a motivation to the players.

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