{"id":459232,"date":"2025-11-09T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/?page_id=459232"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:06:30","slug":"super-eagles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/super-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"459232\" class=\"elementor elementor-459232\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16265dcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16265dcf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d29d61d\" data-id=\"3d29d61d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eca9ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-smartmag-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"3eca9ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"smartmag-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"breadcrumbs ts-contain breadcrumbs-a\" id=\"breadcrumb\"><div class=\"inner ts-contain \"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a83235e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a83235e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-463228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2-768x173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2-1536x346.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2-450x101.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SE-HeroBanner-1600x360-V2-1200x270.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d24b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26d24b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-title-super-eagles\">Nigeria Super Eagles \u2013 Fixtures, Squad, Results &amp; News<\/h1><p>The Super Eagles, Nigeria\u2019s national football team, are one of Africa\u2019s most successful sides. Stay updated with the latest fixtures, results, squad announcements, coach updates, and where to watch every Nigeria match, including AFCON and World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f6bcdf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f6bcdf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c1cc06c\" data-id=\"1c1cc06c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3462bba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3462bba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"next-match\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fbca9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23fbca9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><section id=\"next-match\" class=\"se-next\" aria-labelledby=\"next-h2\">\r\n  <h2 id=\"next-h2\">Next Match<\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"se-next-card\">\r\n\r\n    <!-- Header -->\r\n    <header class=\"nm-head\">\r\n      <div class=\"nm-team\"><strong>Nigeria<\/strong><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-vs\">vs<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-team\"><strong>Tanzania<\/strong><\/div>\r\n      <span class=\"nm-badge\">Predicted XI<\/span>\r\n    <\/header>\r\n\r\n    <!-- Meta -->\r\n    <div class=\"nm-meta\">\r\n      <div class=\"nm-item\">\r\n        <dt>Date<\/dt>\r\n        <dd><time datetime=\"23\/12\/2025\">23\/12\/2025<\/time><\/dd>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-item\"><dt>KO (WAT)<\/dt><dd>18:30<\/dd><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-item\"><dt>KO (UTC)<\/dt><dd>17:30 <\/dd><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-item\"><dt>Venue<\/dt><dd>Fez Stadium, Fes<\/dd><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"nm-item\"><dt>Competition<\/dt><dd>AFCON<\/dd><\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <!-- Where to watch -->\r\n     <div class=\"nm-watch\">\r\n    <span class=\"nm-watch-label\">Where to watch:<\/span>\r\n    <div class=\"nm-watch-chips\">\r\n      \r\n                  <span class=\"chip chip-watch\">\r\n            NFF Tv          <\/span>\r\n        \r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <!-- XI (LIST-ONLY) -->\r\n    <div class=\"nm-xi\">\r\n      <div class=\"nm-xi-head\">\r\n        <strong class=\"nm-xi-title\">Predicted XI<\/strong>\r\n\t\t         <div class=\"nm-formation\"><span class=\"form-pill\">4-1-3-2<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n     \r\n\r\n              \r\n        <ol class=\"xi-grid xi-grid-list\">\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">1<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">GK<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Stanley Nwabali<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">2<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">RB<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Bright Osayi-Samuel<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">3<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">CB<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Chidozie Awaziem<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">4<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">CB<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Semi Ajayi<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">5<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">LB<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Calvin Bassey<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">6<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">DM<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Wilfred Ndidi<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">7<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">AM<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Alex Iwobi<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">8<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">RW<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Chidera Ejuke<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">9<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">ST<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Akor Adams<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">10<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">ST<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Victor Osimhen<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <span class=\"num\">11<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"pos\">LW<\/span>\r\n              <span class=\"name\">Ademola Lookman<\/span>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                  <\/ol>\r\n      \r\n              <div class=\"nm-notes\"><p>Focus Shifts to AFCON 2025 After 2026 World Cup Play-off Heartbreak<\/p><p>\u2022 Following Nigeria\u2019s dramatic penalty shoot-out loss to DR Congo in the 2026 FIFA World Cup African Play-offs final, the Super Eagles are expected to redirect full attention to preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.<\/p><p>Captain Troost-Ekong Retires<\/p><p>Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong announced his retirement from international football on the eve of AFCON 2025. The Al-Kholood centre-back confirmed his decision on Thursday, 4 December 2025, bringing the curtain down on a distinguished national team career.<\/p><p>Troost-Ekong earned 83 caps and scored eight goals for Nigeria over a 10-year international career that began in 2015. He featured in three AFCON tournaments \u2014 Egypt 2019, Cameroon 2021 and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire 2023 \u2014 winning bronze in 2019 and silver in 2023, where he was also named the tournament\u2019s official MVP after scoring a record five goals for a defender.<\/p><p>Beyond AFCON, he represented Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, helping the Olympic Eagles secure bronze, and also featured at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.<\/p><\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576a59b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-smartmag-postslist\" data-id=\"576a59b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"smartmag-postslist.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"block-wrap block-posts-list block-sc\" data-id=\"1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-head block-head-ac block-head-a block-head-a1 is-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading\">Super Eagles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/category\/world-football\/nigeria-national-teams\/\" class=\"view-link view-link-a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee all news\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"loop loop-list loop-sep loop-list-sep grid grid-1 md:grid-1 sm:grid-1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-super-eagles-must-remain-focused-vs-tunisia-lawal\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Super Eagles Must Remain Focused Vs Tunisia  &#8211;Lawal\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Super Eagles Must Remain Focused Vs Tunisia  &#8211;Lawal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr-450x286.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles-_20251224_110958_0000_transcpr-1200x763.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-super-eagles-must-remain-focused-vs-tunisia-lawal\/\">AFCON 2025: Super Eagles Must Remain Focused Vs Tunisia  &#8211;Lawal<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/souwester2020\/\" title=\"Posts by Austin Akhilomen\" rel=\"author\">Austin Akhilomen<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-25T06:57:24+01:00\">December 25, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-super-eagles-must-remain-focused-vs-tunisia-lawal\/#respond\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>0<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Former Nigerian international Garba Lawal has advised the Super Eagles to remain focused ahead of&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-adams-backs-chelle-to-come-up-with-right-tactics-to-overcome-tunisia\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Adams Backs Chelle To Come Up With Right Tactics To Overcome Tunisia\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA00312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Adams Backs Chelle To Come Up With Right Tactics To Overcome Tunisia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA00312.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA00312-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA00312-450x378.jpg 450w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-adams-backs-chelle-to-come-up-with-right-tactics-to-overcome-tunisia\/\">AFCON 2025: Adams Backs Chelle To Come Up With Right Tactics To Overcome Tunisia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/agberebijames\/\" title=\"Posts by James Agberebi\" rel=\"author\">James Agberebi<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-24T22:40:39+01:00\">December 24, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-adams-backs-chelle-to-come-up-with-right-tactics-to-overcome-tunisia\/#respond\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>0<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Akor Adams had said he and his Super Eagles teammates trust head coach Eric Chelle&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/nff-hails-tinubu-on-fulfillment-pledges-to-eagles-players-officials\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"NFF Hails Tinubu On Fulfillment Of Pledges  To Eagles\u2019 Players, Officials\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"NFF Hails Tinubu On Fulfillment Of Pledges  To Eagles\u2019 Players, Officials\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251224-WA0083-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/nff-hails-tinubu-on-fulfillment-pledges-to-eagles-players-officials\/\">NFF Hails Tinubu On Fulfillment Of Pledges  To Eagles\u2019 Players, Officials<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/adeboyeamosu\/\" title=\"Posts by Adeboye Amosu\" rel=\"author\">Adeboye Amosu<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-24T17:34:26+01:00\">December 24, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/nff-hails-tinubu-on-fulfillment-pledges-to-eagles-players-officials\/#comments\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>1<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-exclusive-nigerians-should-expect-win-against-tunisia-super-eagles-defender-ogbu\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"AFCON 2025 &#8211; EXCLUSIVE: Nigerians Should Expect Win Against Tunisia  &#8211;Super Eagles Defender, Ogbu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"AFCON 2025 &#8211; EXCLUSIVE: Nigerians Should Expect Win Against Tunisia  &#8211;Super Eagles Defender, Ogbu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-scaled.jpg 2294w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-1376x1536.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-1835x2048.jpg 1835w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-450x502.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251223_213134_189-1200x1339.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-exclusive-nigerians-should-expect-win-against-tunisia-super-eagles-defender-ogbu\/\">AFCON 2025 &#8211; EXCLUSIVE: Nigerians Should Expect Win Against Tunisia  &#8211;Super Eagles Defender, Ogbu<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/agberebijames\/\" title=\"Posts by James Agberebi\" rel=\"author\">James Agberebi<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-24T16:11:46+01:00\">December 24, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-exclusive-nigerians-should-expect-win-against-tunisia-super-eagles-defender-ogbu\/#comments\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>1<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Igoh Ogbu has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles will target a win when they&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/exclusive-super-eagles-world-cup-miss-haunted-their-afcon-2025-showing-vs-tanzania-akuneto\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Super Eagles World Cup Miss Haunted Their AFCON 2025 Showing Vs  Tanzania \u2014 Akuneto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Super Eagles players celebrate during AFCON 2025 Group C match against Tanzania\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Super Eagles World Cup Miss Haunted Their AFCON 2025 Showing Vs  Tanzania \u2014 Akuneto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr-1536x1224.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr-450x359.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Super-Eagles_20251223_232427_0000_transcpr-1200x956.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/exclusive-super-eagles-world-cup-miss-haunted-their-afcon-2025-showing-vs-tanzania-akuneto\/\">EXCLUSIVE: Super Eagles World Cup Miss Haunted Their AFCON 2025 Showing Vs  Tanzania \u2014 Akuneto<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/ezekutive-5\/\" title=\"Posts by Nnamdi Ezekute\" rel=\"author\">Nnamdi Ezekute<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-24T15:43:59+01:00\">December 24, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/exclusive-super-eagles-world-cup-miss-haunted-their-afcon-2025-showing-vs-tanzania-akuneto\/#respond\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>0<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chuks Akuneto, Nigeria-born Oldham Athletic Club U-19s Head Coach, has exclusively told Completesports.com that the&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-simon-upbeat-super-eagles-will-beat-tunisia\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-3-2\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Simon Upbeat Super Eagles Will Beat Tunisia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA0213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" title=\"AFCON 2025: Simon Upbeat Super Eagles Will Beat Tunisia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA0213.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA0213-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA0213-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251223-WA0213-450x317.jpg 450w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-simon-upbeat-super-eagles-will-beat-tunisia\/\">AFCON 2025: Simon Upbeat Super Eagles Will Beat Tunisia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-author\"><span class=\"by\">By<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/author\/adeboyeamosu\/\" title=\"Posts by Adeboye Amosu\" rel=\"author\">Adeboye Amosu<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-item has-next-icon date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-24T15:17:08+01:00\">December 24, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/span><span class=\"meta-item comments has-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2025-simon-upbeat-super-eagles-will-beat-tunisia\/#respond\"><i class=\"tsi tsi-comment-o\"><\/i>0<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Moses Simon insists the team will go all out for a win against the 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