Ahmed Musa Makes Stunning Statement About Salah Ahead of Super Eagles Clash With Egypt at AFCON

Ahmed Musa Makes Stunning Statement About Salah Ahead of Super Eagles Clash With Egypt at AFCON

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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  • Ahmed Musa has explained that Nigeria have players who are more dangerous than Mohamed Salah ahead of AFCON opener
  • Super Eagles of Nigeria will start their campaign at 2021 AFCON against Egypt in a tough match on January 11
  • Musa stated clearly that Egypt are also worried about the players Super Eagles will parade against them

Ahmed Musa who is the captain of the Super Eagles has calmed the minds of Nigerian football lovers down ahead of the big clash against Egypt at the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Nigerian fans have been worried about how the Super Eagles would be able to stop in form striker Mohamed Salah who is expected to lead the attack for Cameroon at the AFCON.

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Ahmed Musa in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Photo by Kevin C. Cox
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There is no doubt about the fact that Mohamed Salah has been in great form this season for Liverpool in the Premier League and the Reds will surely miss him this month.

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After playing 20 games so far this season for Liverpool in the Premier League, Mohamed Salah is the leading scorer with 16 goals.

According to the report on Complete Sports and Cable, Ahmed Musa explained that the Super Eagles have players more dangerous than Mohamed Salah.

Ahmed Musa's comment about Salah

“Everyone is talking about Salah but if you look at our team we have lots of players they will be worried about.
“So we don’t have to think about Salah, they have to think about our own players. They talk about Salah but we have players like Samuel Chukwueze and others on the wings who are very dangerous so that’s football.“

Awoniyi replies Egypt coach, tells him the result they will get against Nigeria at AFCON

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Carlos Queiroz who is the coach of the Egyptian national team explained that his target is for his wards to beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their first match at the coming AFCON in Cameroon.

Super Eagles of Nigeria and Egypt will go head to head on January 11 in their first game at the African Cup of Nations which is expected to be a tough encounter considering the pedigree of these two teams.

In the last encounter between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Egypt which was international friendly match, Paul Onuachu scored the winner as Nigeria won 1-0.

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