By Sunday Agunbiade
National President of Football Fans Club of Nigeria, FFCN, Ambassador Oluwakemi Ogunfuwa has rated the Super Eagles of Nigeria as group C favourite.
She said that the Super Eagles of Nigeria have all it takes to not only excel in the group but triumph at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled to take place in Morocco.
It would be recalled that the 2025 AFCON draw conducted on Monday paired the Super Eagles with Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania in Group C and this pairing excites her
The former member of Lagos state Women Football Committee assured that the flag of the nation will be hoisted high beyond limits.
Mama Nigeria as Ogunfuwa is fondly called said that though there is no more minnows in Football but emphasized that the present crop of Super Eagles players have everything going for them to overcome every of their opponent in the group and through to the last man standing.
According to former CAF Award winning Matriarch, the Eagles would qualify to the round of 16 with ease assuring that Tanzania and Uganda would not be a match for them.
“I sincerely wish to appreciate the NFF for doing a great job to all our national teams, particularly the Super Eagles. I think 2025 AFCON will be an icing on the cake that would crown their efforts. Our President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau led NFF is working very hard to make Nigerians smile in Morocco and I think the present crop of players in the Super Eagles are not match with the group C teams like Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda”.
“Though, the group appears trickish and this means that the other teams should not be taken for granted which calls for early preparations to avoid story that touches.”. She warned.
“Though, there are no longer minnows in African football, yet national teams such as Tanzania and Uganda should not be seen as pushovers for the Eagles but early preparations are key,” Lagos based business tycoon noted
She advised the national team and its technical crew to be wary of the other teams and not to entirely concentrating on Tunisia alone who evicted them in AFCON 2021 in Cameroon but others with early preparations and technical study.
“I believe the technical team led by Eric Chelle will write his name in gold for Nigeria and lift the fouth AFCON title for the most populous African nation.”
“With determination, focus and the Nigerian spirit to succeed in all conditions, the Eagles will gun for the title”.
The 2025 AFCON is scheduled to hold between Dec. 21 and Jan. 18, 2026, with 24 teams slugging it out for the trophy.
