Super Eagles of Nigeria Land in Strong Pot For 2023 African Cup of Nations Draw

• Draw for the 2023 AFCON will be conducted on Tuesday evening, 19 April, and Super Eagles will be in Pot 1
• The 2023 African Cup of Nations will take place in Ivory Coast, and the Super Eagles will want to qualify for the competition
• Senegal are the reigning African champions as they defeated Egypt in the 2021 Nations Cup final held in Cameroon

Super Eagles of Nigeria are in Pot 1 for the 2023 African Cup of Nations draw, held on Tuesday evening, 19 April, at the SuperSport studio in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Having failed to go far at the 2021 African Cup of Nations held in Cameroon where they crashed out in the round of 16, Super Eagles players are now on the verge of starting another qualifiers.

However, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon and Egypt are also in Pot 1 for the 2023 African Cup of Nations draw.

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According to the report on Complete Sports, Mali, Cote d’loire, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Democratic Republic of Congo are the other nations also seeded for the draw.

Which country will host the 2023 AFCON?

Ivory Coast will be hosting the 2023 African Cup of Nations and this will be the second time in history that the country would host Africa's most prestigious tournament.

How is the Super Eagles preparing for the AFCON qualifiers?

The Nigerian Football Federation have already settled for two friendly games for the Super Eagles in May as they will face Mexico and Ecuador in America.

Also, the NFF chiefs are expected to name a new head coach for the Super Eagles.

Taiwo Awoniyi continues good form in Europe, nets 13th League goal in Germany

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Taiwo Awoniyi scored Union Berlin’s opening goal in their surprise 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday, April 16.

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The Super Eagles forward have been in inspiring form for Die Eisernen as he netted his 13th league goal of the 2021/22 season in just his 27th appearance for the German side.

Union Berlin's Awoniyi won a fight with Frankfurt captain Hinteregger before outmuscling Ndicka to score the game's first goal.

Grischa Promel scored the game's second goal just four minutes later, shocking the Frankfurt fans as Union Berlin moved up the Bundesliga table to 6th place.

Union Berlin are looking to qualify for Europe for a second consecutive season and Awoniyi’s goals look certain to take the Die Eisernen to dreamland.