2013 AFCON: Nigeria vs Zambia 1 - 0

Posted by Felix Okoli on Saturday January 26, 2013 at 12:18:11:

I watched the Nigeria vs Zambia AFCON match yesterday and I almost cried. The 2013 African cup of nations competition has already began and from the first 2 matches the Super Eagles of Nigeria has played, we have only being taking draws. I wonder if they did this on purpose - Nigeria of those days tend to put fear in the hearts of their opponents.

We all know the Super Eagles of yesteryears who come as gladiators scoring scored of goals at every match. Yesterday match was simply not so exciting except for the flick by Mikel Obi before the first goal.

In this match against Zambia in South Africa, the Super Eagles were already in the lead with the goal scored by Emmanuel Emenike after collecting a pass from Mikel.

The Zambians were able to equalize after the Egyptian referee offered a penalty against Nigeria for a weak foul in the box. Zambia made sure to score that penalty while Nigeria missed an earlier penalty awarded to them.

Personally, I think the Super Eagles are not there yet. We need a much stronger and capable team if we are going to face stronger contenders like Ivory Coast and the others.

Super Eagles, wake up!