Julius OkorieSuper Eagles Team B otherwise dubbed CHAN Eagles are set for a crucial show down against Black Galaxies of Ghana on Saturday.
The CHAN Eagles currently being supervised by Coach Daniel Ogunmodede in the absence of Super Eagles Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, stood their ground as they held Black Galaxies to a goalless draw in the first leg played at the Accra Sports Stadium last week.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe second leg is scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday, December 28, an encounter which the Eagles are looking forward to winning.
The Eagles resisted the temptation to relax in the spirit of the yuletide Tuesday and rather took to the pitch in a holistic practice ahead of the encounter. Aside from working on crosses and finishing, Primebusiness.africa understands that the Eagles also practiced set pieces all aimed at ensuring the Saturday’s encounter ends in victory.
The next edition of African Nations Championships (CHAN) will hold from February 1-28, and will be hosted by Uganda and Tanzania respectively.
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CHAN is a bi-annual tournament exclusive for African players plying their trade within the continent.
The 2024 edition will be the 8th edition, having first been held in 2009 in Cote d Ivoire. Morocco and DR Congo have won the title twice each; other past winners include Tunisia, Libya and Senegal. Nigeria has qualified for the championship three times 2014, 2016 and 2018 with the best outing being a second place finish in 2018 in Morocco. That occasion was nightmarish as the Moroccans sent their Nigeria counterparts to the cleaners no thanks to a 4-0 thrashing.
Meanwhile, Super Eagles Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has successfully undergone surgery in Belgium. Eguavoen’s surgical procedure had been left in the cooler multiple times, due to the hectic schedule associated with the Super Eagles’ campaign for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Cerezo as the Eagles sweat merchant was known during his playing days led Eagles to successful qualification for the 2025 AFCON to be held in Morocco.
The qualification for the first time was achieved devoid of the usual permutations as the Eagles qualified even before the last match against Amavubi of Rwanda was played.
Aside from Nigeria versus Ghana encounter, other fixtures billed for Saturday in the ongoing CHAN Qualifiers are:
Guinea Bissau vs Guinea
Angola vs Lesotho
Zambia vs Mozambique
Congo DR vs Chad
Rwanda vs South Sudan
Cameroon vs Central African Republic and
Senegal Vs Liberia
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
