{"id":144696,"date":"2023-10-15T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T09:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=144696"},"modified":"2023-10-15T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T12:40:12","slug":"nigeria-minister-of-sport-super-eagles-expected-to-win-afcon-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/nigeria-minister-of-sport-super-eagles-expected-to-win-afcon-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Minister of Sport &#8211; Super Eagles expected to win AFCON 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria Minister of Sport John Enoh spoke about the <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/why-super-eagles-are-the-team-to-beat-at-afcon-2023-mba\/\">Super Eagles'<\/a> chances in the next AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>After a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday, Enoh said that the Super Eagles are expected to emerge from the African Cup of Nations in Cote d\u2019Ivoire with the trophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, sets a bold target for the Super Eagles! \ud83e\udd85 After a dominant 6-0 win over Sao Tome and Principe, he urges them to bring home the Africa Cup of Nations title in Ivory Coast next year. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperEagles?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SuperEagles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2023?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AFCON2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8453U12mh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/f8453U12mh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Voice of Nigeria (@voiceofnigeria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voiceofnigeria\/status\/1701154335344730605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He said all efforts will be made to rally the nation behind them for the required solidarity and support.<\/p>\n<p>Enoh\u2019s comments followed the CAF grouping ahead of the tournament which begins next January where the Super Eagles were drawn with the host nation, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144699\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-144699\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"Super Eagles players celebrating a goal\" width=\"696\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-509x320.jpg 509w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-60x38.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-696x438.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-1068x671.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-1920x1207.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-668x420.jpg 668w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_73685365-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the draw ceremony held at Parc Des Expositions in Abidjan, Cote d\u2019Ivoire on Thursday, the Super Eagles will also face Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea as the other teams in Group A.<\/p>\n<p>According to Enoh, when the Eagles know that they have massive home support, it will encourage them to perform well.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that for a country that has not won the AFCON for a long time, Super Eagles have the desire and determination to win again, \u201cwhich means they must prepare very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enoh announced that President Tinubu has approved a national campaign tagged \u201cLet\u2019s Do It Again\u201d to mobilize resources for the Super Eagles for a successful tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time they know that the whole country is behind them, they will have added fire power. The country\u2019s expectation is that they will win the cup and bring it back to Nigeria. That\u2019s the idea of the campaign. It will be a morale booster,\u201d Enoh said.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister explained that the idea of the Let\u2019s Do It Again campaign is also to mobilize resources from the private sector to support the national team such that government funds would not be needed to prosecute the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He assured Nigerians that the Government would spare no efforts to rally the nation behind the Super Eagles for the required solidarity and support.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144698\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-144698\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Super Eagles in action\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_003974_0015-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enoh reasoned that the athletes would be encouraged towards peak performance when they are aware of massive home support.<\/p>\n<h2>The need for grassroots sports revival<\/h2>\n<p>Highlighting long-term plans, he promised to emphasize grassroots sports development and revive headmasters\u2019 sports competition in primary schools to extract and discover talents.<\/p>\n<p>The grassroots sports development is aimed at bringing sports activities close to the youths in the rural areas where they will be exposed to sports facilities to hone their talents, he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Talents discovered from the grassroots will walk their way into the Super Eagles team in years to come with proper development.<\/p>\n<h2>What's next for the Super Eagles?<\/h2>\n<p>The Nigerian team played a <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/saudi-arabia-vs-super-eagles-friendly-review\/\">2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia<\/a> few days ago, they will next lock horns with Mozambique on Monday, 16 October, to conclude this month's friendly games in Portugal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">FT in Portimao: Saudi Arabia 2-2 Nigeria <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/soarsupereagles?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#soarsupereagles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/letsdoitagain?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#letsdoitagain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mNwnkI5fPJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mNwnkI5fPJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NGSuperEagles\/status\/1712896332896018594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jose Peseiro will then have his thoughts full in November as he welcomes back the team for the two 2026 World Cup qualifying games.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will host Lesotho on 13 November 2023 as they kick off their first World Cup qualies. The team will then conclude actions for the year when they travel to face Zimbabwe seven days later.<\/p>\n<p>The November skirmishes will prepare the side for the AFCON which comes up in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria Minister of Sport John Enoh spoke about the Super Eagles&#8217; chances in the next AFCON. After a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday, Enoh said that the Super Eagles are expected to emerge from the African Cup of Nations in Cote d\u2019Ivoire with the trophy. \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":144697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[1,20999],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Barend Prins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144748,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144696\/revisions\/144748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144696"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=144696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}