The coach of the senior national team of Angola Pedro Gonçalves has given his opinion about the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of their quarter final clash at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, OwngoalNigeria.com reports.
Angola are having their best ever performance in the history of the tournament with seven points from their group games and also progressing to the quarter final for the first time in their history.
Coach of the team Gonçalves who has been largely credited for his role in turning the fortune of the team around has his sight on one major upset, which will be a win against the Super Eagles of Nigeria who have so far shown that they can go all the way to lifting the trophy.
“Nigeria is a colossus of African football, although it had some difficulties before the African championship. But, what is certain is that Nigeria is an African colossus full of talented players, many of them playing in the Premier League or reference leagues in Europe, such as the Italian League and the Portuguese League, including”, he said in quotes from Portugal monitored by OwnGoalNigeria. com.
He went further to explain the reason behind the Super Eagles show of strength so far at the tournament starting with the attack led by Napoli’s forward Victor Osimhen alongside Ademola Lookman of fellow Serie A outfit Atalanta.
Gonçalves confessed that he voted for Osimhen in the FIFA beat award because he sees him as one of the best in the world at the moment. He also praised the defence of Nigeria while giving his take on the strength of the Super Eagles.
“I myself, in the FIFA votes, also voted for him (Osimhen ) as one of the best players in the world, so we will play against a selection equipped with players with a lot of talent, who have tremendous, mind-blowing playing capacity, a lot of speed, especially derived from of the two forwards, Osimhen and Lookman, who, in fact, add great versatility to the game. On the other hand, he ( Jose Peseiro ) has played with three very robust central defenders who are extremely adapted,” he admitted.
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