AFCON 2025: “Super Eagles Can Challenge Any Team” – Eguavoen Boasts
Citing the players’ outstanding the ability, interim Super Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen voiced his team’s confidence in their capacity to defeat any opponent.
Eguavoen made this statement during his team’s 3-0 victory over the Benin Republic’s Cheetahs in the 2025 African Cup of Nations on Saturday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
“We respect the teams, but we have the players to beat any team.” With the Super Eagles, any coach can take over and carry out the same tasks. “It’s a mindset; given the information you have about your opponent and how you saw them, go out and do the job,” he added.
Equavoen said that the technical crew’s formation was the reason for the win, but any formation might be employed to guarantee the team’s triumph. “We are free to choose any system to use. We talked about it, and I had trouble sleeping because of it.
I am aware that we can choose to play any formation because of the caliber of players we have. “You win, lose, and draw in football. “I don’t think our outcome is bad,” he declared.
He stated that the team has been practicing together for a week and praised the defense for their outstanding performance. In order to gain time, the coach clarified that asking six players to warm up for the second half was unnecessary.
The coach clarified that there was no rush in making adjustments and that the purpose of having six players warm up for the second half was to buy time. He added that the Benin Republic’s Cheetahs were a strong team and that they had a solid strategy.
According to The PUNCH, Eguavoen was named temporary coach following the collapse of the agreement between German coach Bruno Labbadia and the Nigeria Football Federation.
In a statement, the NFF stated that the strict rules set by the German tax authorities were the reason for its failure.
References and Citation
punchng.com – AFCON 2025: Super Eagles can beat any team, Eguavoen boasts
vanguardngr.com – Morocco 2025: Super Eagles can beat any team – Eguavoen boasts
thesun.ng – AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Super Eagles can adopt any style of play, says Eguavoen
nationalaccordnewspaper.com – 2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Super Eagles whip Benin Republic’s Cheetahs 3-0 in Uyo
