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Kanu:
We fear no foe
•As Eagles’ Nations Cup opponents emerge today
From Soccerstar Desk
Friday, November 20, 2009
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•Kanu
Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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As the Confederation of African Football (CAF) get set to
make the draws for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations
tonight, Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu, has said they
would be battle-ready to face any of the four seeded countries
they might be drawn with in the same group.
Angola, Egypt, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire have been
seeded for the Nations Cup and there is the possibility that
Nigeria could be drawn alongside any of these countries.
But Kanu said there should be no cause for alarm over the
draw.
“You must beat the best teams if you have an ambition
to win the Nations Cup or World Cup. There is no short cut
to success. Nothing good comes easy. We’ve just qualified
for the World Cup despite that we were in a tough group and
it did not come on a platter of gold,” Kanu noted.
“We won’t underrate any team that have qualified
for the Nations Cup. Every team participating in the Nations
Cup deserve to be accorded respect and have an equal chance
of winning the trophy,” he added.
The Nations Cup draws will hold tonight at The Talatona Convention
Centre in Luanda, Angola. The draws were expected to attract
crème de la crème of African football, including
Angola head of state, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who will be
the special guest.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will today know their opponents
in the group stage of the African Nations Cup as the draw
for the competition holds today in the city of Luanda, Angola.
Nigeria are not one of the teams seeded for the draw, given
their performance in the last three editions of the competition.
The country has been put in Pot 2. Host, Angola, defending
champions, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon are the
seeded teams and are in Pot 1.
The draws are expected to be witnessed by more than 300 guests,
including the president of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
The competition will be held in four Angola cities of Luanda,
Carbinda, Benguela and Lubango.
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