On Sunday, Nigeria’s senior football team, the Super Eagles, lost to the Elephants of Ivory Coast in the finals of the 2023 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. As it concerns AFCON 2023, the preponderance of pre-event analysis suggested that the Nigerian team was ill-prepared for the championship. Things, however, changed after the team struggled to win its first match against host Ivory Coast! The testimony of those who watched these matches without prejudice is that chance, more than any outstanding performance, drove the team’s successes during AFCON 2023. We forgot that football is a team game, and that one tree cannot make a forest.

Source: Punch February 15, 2024 14:18 UTC