Former Nigerian international Alloy Agu believes the Super Eagles have the firepower to end Algeria’s dream at the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Recall that both teams will clash in Marrakech on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Both sides progressed through the group stage with a perfect record, the only two teams to do so, but that achievement will count for little if either falls at this stage. The Super Eagles boast the tournament’s best attack, while Algeria has its tightest defence.
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Speaking with Completesports.com, Agu noted that the Eagles’ attacking trio of Victor Osimhen, Akor Adams, and Ademola Lookman will be too much to handle for Algeria on Saturday.
“I expect a difficult game against Algeria. However, I still believe that the Super Eagles have more firepower to subdue the Algerians in the quarter-finals.
“The trio of Lookman, Osimhen, and Adams will definitely be tough to handle by the Algerian defence. Again, Eagles always bring out their ‘A’ game when they play against strong opposition.
“I am very optimistic that the Super Eagles will end Algeria’s AFCON dream on Saturday.”
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Lookman, Akor and Osihmen.
The TERRIBLE TRIO, THE TRIPOD OF TERROR, THE THREE MUSKETEERS!
As long as they work together UNSELFISHLY, we should be able to give Algeria a good game.
Ref just robbed cameroon from an equalizing penalty. Mbeumo was clearly brought down in d box but same way d ref robbed Tanzania against same Morocco, same tin happened today. They want Morocco to win the Afcon at all cost. This was daylight robbery if u ask me. No VAR check at all, dis is a disgrace. If 9ja manages to scale thru d Algerian huddle, if we don’t outscore Morocco, then they will either manufacture a penalty against us from nowhere, give us a red card or some mago mago will take place to eliminate 9ja. I would suggest for Chelle and his team to ask his players to leave d field if there is any sign of injustice to 9ja even if it happens against Algeria, d boyz should walk out of the field in protest against very poor officiating. Me personally will be proud of dem for standing up against injustice. This shit can’t continue. The North Africans r known for shit like diz. The officiating today has been atrocious, very bad. All d calls have gone against cameroon, some deserving while others weren’t. SE please don’t hope for any favors from diz refs, just outscore d opponent is d only way to victory. Just my tot.
What “stood out” is the fact that the var ref today has been in all the previous 4 Moroccan games.
The good news is that Moroccans will whistle against Algerians tomorrow and the ref even CAF might not want a Morocco Algeria semis because of the bad blood between the nations.
Most likely many decisions will go our way tomorrow to avoid a chaotic semi final
You’re right, @Sly. If Algeria manages to win today, the semi against Morocco will be bloody cos the atmosphere will be charged. These 2 neigbors are not militarily at war, but they carry their longstanding political animosity over Western Sahara sovereignty to the football field all the time.
Moroccans in the stadium today will be rooting for the SE. Aside from football tactics, the players should watch out for player antics and gimmicks on the field. No country does it better than Algeria in Africa. And in the world, they’re only 2nd to Argentina. VAR has helped to reduce those ref deceits in recent times.
BRW, people don’t seem to realize Morsepe has replaced the Somali ref today with a Senegalese.
@Proudly 9Ja… the officiating showed Patrick Motsepe is very lilly-livered… if he had sounded out strong warnings with repercussions to erring and corrupt match officials, the officiating would be great… Cote d’voire were done no favors when they hosted Africa, now we see the North African getting dubious calls in their favour… CAF will fail in their bid to just dubiously frustrate competition against Morocco! What a shame what they did to Cameroon!
You are right @JimmyBall. The referring against Cameroon was atrocious. The referee was too biased in favour of Morocco and their home crowd. It’s like they desperately want Morocco to “host and win” the Afcon at all cost. So many blatant fouls by Morocco deserving of Yellow Cards were ignored by the referee but any little contact from Cameroon were punished, blown and Yellow carded. It was disgraceful referring!
I don’t think any other country has any chance against Morocco. Nigeria may get past Algeria tomorrow but CAF and the officiating team will frustrate them against Morocco in the semi finals.
Our own coach and others suffer against tactically disciplined, well drilled teams. Tanzania coached by the experienced Argentine Gamondi almost removed Morocco. We won against Mozambique due to quality but also the naivity of their local coach.
Coaches play crucial roles in what their teams do on the pitch.
If Chelle’s tactics fail, then the players should use individual brilliance to safe the day.