2023 AFCON: Ex-International Urges Super Eagles To Focus More On Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau

2023 AFCON: Ex-International Urges Super Eagles To Focus More On Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau

Sampson Adedeji

Former Nigeria international Abiodun Obafemi has urged Nigeria's Super Eagles to give attention to the two other countries in their group, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Since the release of the draws, the attention of the Super Eagles including fans and stakeholders have been on the host Ivory Coast which is also in the same with Nigeria alongside Guinea Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.

Obafemi while speaking to the Punch Correspondent made it clear that adequate attention must also be given to the two other nations because there are no small teams in the continent again.

" Countries are always extra motivated to play us because of the pedigree of our players and it has always been like that and if care is not taken we might struggle at the AFCON.

After the draws, our attention has been so much on the hosts but honestly, I think the games against the Guineans are going to be tough and they might just be the stumbling blocks for us. 

They are going to be the teams that will give us bigger problems than the Ivorians.

 We just need to raise the level of our seriousness and take the game as war because we need to get it right in every department.

We are the team to beat and every country wants to beat us because with the quality of players we have, every team in the world knows that we are a formidable side and they take us seriously.

“What to expect in Ivory Coast is exactly what we saw against Mozambique during our last friendly game. The smaller countries won’t respect us and they throw everything at us", he said.

Obafemi was part of the victorious Dream Team that won the Olympic Gold in Atlanta in 1996.

Onome Ebi: No Body Can Force Me To Retire From Football 

By Emmanuel Chinedu 

Nigeria's Super Falcons Captain, Onome Ebi has hinted that nobody can force her into retirement from football, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

There have being calls for the 40-years to quit football. But she explained that she will retire from football when the time is right. 

The former Bayelsa Queens and FC Minsk defender, recently signed for Nigeria Women's Football League (NWFL) side Naija Ratels as a free agent. 

The Super Falcons captain explained that the decision on her retirement will be done by her and nobody can force her to retire from football. 

"When I'm done, I would make that decision myself, nobody is going to talk or force me into retirement or make me to stop playing football, " Ebi said on Brila FM. 

" It's the game I love, it is the game I enjoy so much, when I'm satisfied that I can no longer play, then I will call it a day because nobody can make me to retire when I'm not ready, "she concludes.

Onome Ebi was part of the Super Falcons Squad that participated at this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.