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Former Nigeria international Victor Ikpeba believes the Super Eagles are the favourites to get out of their group during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco.
The Super Eagles were drawn in Group C and will lock horns against Tunisia and the East African duo of Uganda and Tanzania.
Hosts Morocco headlined Group A and will take on Mali, Zambia and Comoros while record seven-time winners Egypt will face a trio of Southern African teams in Group B in the form of last year’s bronze medalists South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe.
The 2021 champions Senegal will face Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin and Botswana in Group D. Algeria, winners in 2019, come up against Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in Group E while defending champions Ivory Coast will battle old rivals and five-time winners Cameroon, Gabon and Mozambique in Group F.
According to the former African Player of the Year, Nigeria’s group will be difficult but the West Africans have what it takes to get out of it.
“I will take the Super Eagles group as against some of the other first round groups,” he told Super Sport as quoted by CompleteSports. “It will be difficult because even the so-called small teams have made a lot of progress as we saw at the last AFCON.
“But we have what it takes to get out of the group.”
The top two teams in each pool will advance to the round of 16, along with the four best third-placed sides.
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