For the Super Eagles to advance further in the present Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, President Bola Tinubu has urged them to play better.
John Enoh, the Minister of Sports, conveyed Tinubu’s message to the Abuja players on Wednesday night in Abidjan over Zoom.
Enoh claims that the President was not overly pleased with the team’s performance in the group stage. “I met with the President yesterday,” he stated.
The President cornered me when I walked to the villa to get something else, and I told him that the Eagles had qualified, so that’s how we’re going to continue 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.”
