Nigeria’s Super Eagles have touched down in Fès, Morocco for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, reports Completesports.com.
The players and their officials arrived the Moroccan city on Thursday night.
Éric Chelle’s men spent five days in Cairo Egypt for their short preparation ahead of the biennial competition.
Nigeria lost 2-1 to seven-time champions Egypt in their only pre-AFCON friendly at the Cairo International Stadium on Tuesday.
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The Super Eagles are expected to intensify preparation for the AFCON 2025 finals on Friday.
The three-time champions are drawn in Group C with the Taifa Stars of Tanzania, Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, and Cranes of Uganda.
They will face Tanzania in their opening fixture next week Tuesday.
The West Africans will play all their group games at the Complexe Sportif de Fès.
By James Agberebi, in Fès
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Uche is playing as a striker for Crystal Palace tonight in the Europa League and is doing quite well currently, he just scored a sublime goal that got everyone on their feet- what a goal! Outside of the right foot from middle of the box, just outside, It’s a shame that Chelle didn’t have the discernment to see that he might be good in that role, but it didn’t take the Palace manager long at all to figure it out – another clear sign that Chelle may not be up to the required standard at that level of football, and also a shame that he (Uche) has been left out but that one is like putting the cart before the horse, because even if he had brought him, he would have tried to continue playing him in midfield, so the first observation makes the second irrelevant as he hasn’t really impressed in the middle at all. In conclusion, I feel sure now that Uche should be a forward player either a 9 or 10.
He was a support striker at Getafe.Uche might have started as a midfielder but well suited as a striker as he develops…
Apparently,a better option than Cyril Dessers and Onuachu.
How our technical department didn’t figure out his qualities beats my imagination. He would have troubled the DR Congo defence after Osimhen was subbed out no thanks to injury.
In my opinion I think Chelle left him out due to little involvement at Palace..He only started playing after the list was submitted,injuries to Matete also paved way for Chrisantus first team shot.
Uche is young and I’m sure he’ll be part of our rebuilding process going forward,for now let’s focus on the ones in Morocco.
Good-luck super eagles!!