Ex-Nigeria Captain Tips Super Eagles To Win AFCON, Suggests Senegal and Algeria As Fellow Title Contender

• Oliseh has also urges Nigerians to give their full support to the Super Eagles interim manager, Augustine Eguavoen
• Nigeria will take on the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday January 11 in their opening game in group D
• The Super Eagles are three times previous winners of the AFCON with victories in 1980, 1994 and 2003

Former Captain of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh believes Nigeria has the quality to win her 4th Africa Cup of Nations title as the tournament kicked off in Cameroon on Sunday, January 9 Complete Sports reports.

The three-time champions have been paired alongside Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea-Bissau in group D of Africa’s biggest football showpiece.

Nigeria is scheduled to take on seven times champions and record winners of the AFCON in Egypt on Tuesday, January 11, and Sunday Oliseh believes the Super Eagles can win yet another continental trophy but insists Senegal and Algeria will also be tough teams to displace for the title.

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I honestly always believe that my country, Nigeria can always lift the title especially when it comes to Africa. Then, I must be honest, as a coach, Senegal is extremely certain. The fact is that at the moment, they might not win it but when you are talking of capability, they have the most fearsome team in Africa. Algeria is also dangerous; they are the current Arab champions.

But you know what is good about the Nations Cup, every team, you have got to play them once. The thing there is that it is always a 90 minutes game. So, it is enough for us to meet Senegal in the final and they are not having their best of days and might have a better team and we will still win the cup. That is the beautiful thing about the Nations Cup.

The Super Eagles will be without key forwards Victor Osimhen, Emmanuel Dennis, and Odion Ighalo after their club sides failed to release all players for the tournament while defender Leon Balogun was ruled out due to injury

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The three Reds are set to be rivals during the continental showpiece, with each of them set to represent their home countries.

Mane and Senegal will be aiming to win the tournament for the first time this year after they missed out on it in the last edition hosted in Egypt as they lost to Riyad Mahrez's Algeria in the final.