Osimhen Tips Nigeria For AFCON Title, World Cup Ticket


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  Osimhen Tips Nigeria For AFCON Title, World Cup Ticket By Sampson Adedeji As the next edition of the 2021 African Cup Of Nations approaches, Nigeria's Super Eagles and Napoli of Italy striker, Victor Osimhen, has tipped Nigeria to win the Nation's Cup in Cameroon, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Osimhen emerged top scorer in the just concluded AFCON qualifiers and is willing to emulate former striker Odion Ighalo who emerged highest scorer both in the qualifiers and in the AFCON finals. While speaking to ESPN, Osimhen said the Nigeria side is full of talents with a good coaching crew led by Gernot Rohr. " I think we’ve got everything we need to win the next Afcon and to go even more further to qualify for the World Cup. Because this is a squad that has extremely wonderful talent in this team the from the goalkeepers to the strikers, from the strikers to the bench. “Also, of course, we have a very good coach and technical staff that can prepare us well for each game as it comes. "And I think for us we have individual players who can individually win games for us. The likes of Kelechi, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi, myself, Paul and rest of the of the squad. “And I know of course, that a lot is being expected from this team regardless of the fact that we’re young. "I think with what we got on our side we can really go far as well as winning the Afcon," he said.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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