Tremendous Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has mentioned he’s anticipating a troublesome duel towards holders Senegal, DAILY POST stories.
Nigeria and Senegal will conflict within the opening Group D encounter on the 2024 African Nations Championship on Tuesday night time.
The extremely anticipated fixture will happen on the Amman Stadium, Zanzibar.
The Eagles final featured within the competitors in 2018, the place they completed second after a crushing 4-0 defeat to hosts Morocco within the last.
Nigeria additionally got here third on the 2014 version hosted by South Africa.
The 2 groups are among the many favourites to win the title this time round.
Chelle declared that each international locations will put up a superb present for the followers.
“I don’t know if it’s a debate, however I do know this can be a recreation for 2 massive international locations in Africa,” Chelle advised a press convention on Monday.
“Senegal and Nigeria have a historical past in soccer. They’ve a lot of good groups, a lot of good generations that play nicely, so this can be a nice recreation. Senegal is a giant group.”
