The Super Eagles of Nigeria will square up against hosts Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday (today), 6pm Nigerian time, in one of the most anticipated games of the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, in a 60,000-capacity Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara in Ebimpe, outside Abidjan, where both teams played their first games of the competition with differing fortunes.
At Wednesday’s pre-match conference in Abidjan, The Super Eagles head coach José Peseiro disclosed that Royal Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf, who impressed against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, is ruled out of the game due to injury.
“Yusuf is out of the game. He is fine but not ready for the match. He will be ready for the last group match.” Peseiro stated.
“We have what it takes to win the game tomorrow and there’s nothing to change in my team because we created a lot of goalscoring opportunities in our game against Equatorial Guinea and we hope to utilise the opportunities this time and score goals.”
The Elephants celebrated a 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau’s Wild Dogs on the opening day of the tournament, while the Eagles forced Equatorial Guinea’s Thunder to a 1-1 draw on Day 2.
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