The Super Eagles fans have witnessed a new revolution in the team in this year’s African Cup of Nations.
The Eagles played with flair and style against the Pharaohs of Egypt in their opening group D fixture.
Nigeria defeated Egypt on Tuesday thanks to a one-goal advantage with Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho’s first-half strike sealing the deal for the West Africans.
Aside from the victory against the highest-ranked team in the group, Nigeria pulled a sterling performance that Nigerians applauded.
Moses Simone was torn on the flesh for Egypt defenders, causing them all sorts of worries.
Many football fans credited the Nice forward their man of the match, but the official TotalEnergies AFCON man of the match was the goalscorer, Kelechi Iheanacho.
Simon revealed that the performance against the Egyptians is his best performance in over two years and credited to coach Augustin Eguaveon.
“The game (Vs Egypt) is one of my best in two years. Every coach has their mentality & impact.
“The previous coach, I play to his instructions. With the new coach, he gave us freedom & allow us to bring our style of play at club side.” Simon said.
The likes of Wilfred Ndidi had his best day, his midfield partner Joe Aribo as well as Taiwo Awoniyi who made his AFCON debut, partnering Kelechi Iheanacho up front had good performances all thanks to Eguaveon’s style of management.
Substitute Chidera Ejike also did well with only Samuel Chukwueze performing below per.
The Super Eagles will trade tackles with Sudan on Saturday and a win will send them to the knockout stages of the competition.
