The men’s football team, Super Eagles, on Wednesday departed Nigeria for Cote d’Ivoire, where the upcoming 2023 TotalEnergies CAF African Cup of Nations tournament will hold.
The team wore uniform attire that reflected Nigeria’s green and white colours on their departure.
Taking to social media, Captain Ahmed Musa and Vice William Troost-Ekong shared photos of their departure.
See some of the photos below;
How Nigerians Reacted
Toko NEE wrote:
“Whatever you do, make sure una no come back before Ghana, I take God beg una.”
GATHY wrote:
“Make them no fall our hand in AFCON.”
Damilare wrote:
“Make Dem sha do well for AFCON no be by post.”
FRANKLYN wrote:
“All these just not to qualify for the round of 16 at the AFCON.”
Vibe with Dika wrote:
“The outfit look good on them, go bring the trophy boys.. Good luck.”
Kelly wrote:
“We are familiar with their game they can’t foul me”
Nigeria will play in Group A, where they will square up against Equatorial Guinea, host Cote d’Ivoire and also Guinea-Bissau.
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles on Tuesday had a dinner with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The team arrived at the State House in Marina about 10pm.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Gusau and his immediate predecessor, Amaju Pinnick, as well as former Nigeria international and Green Eagles captain Segun Odegbami and several other board members of the NFF were there.
Coach Jose Peseiro and other members of the technical team were also in attendance at the event.
