Tinubu call to motivate Super Eagles while in Europe before match

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's regime yesterday made video call to Nigeria team before the match. In the video, Tinubu was seen having a video call with the Super Eagles players in Cote d’Ivoire ahead of their clash with the Palancas Negras of Angola on Friday. President Tinubu on Friday from his "resting place" in France put a call across to the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of their match with Angola. The video of the moment was shared by the president’s son, Seyi Tinubu, who noted that the president called to “motivate” the team ahead of their quarter-final encounter in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023. The video was shared by the President’s son, Seyi Tinubu on his Instagram stories and captioned, “Mr President #officialasiwajubat encouraging the team ahead of the AFCON quarter-final match with Angola.” In the video, Tinubu was seen having a video call with the Super Eagles players in Cote d’Ivoire ahead of their clash with the Palancas Negras of Angola on Friday. Super Eagles performance gladden the hearts of both Tinubu who had taken time out to call them before the match and indeed all Nigerians as they defeated the Black Antelopes of Angola 1-0 to qualify for the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Ademola Lookman, again, stole the limelight from Victor Osimhen by following his brace in the 2-0 defeat of Cameroon in the last 16 by breaking the deadlock four minutes before half-time at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium. The Super Eagles then saw the game out before a crowd of 18,757 in Abidjan, with Osimhen finding the net only for his effort to be disallowed after the VAR ruled him to be offside. The Napoli superstar, Africa’s reigning footballer of the year, remains stuck on just one goal at this AFCON, but Nigeria’s success has been built around an impressive defence that has now kept four consecutive clean sheets. The three-time continental champions advance to a last-four tie next Wednesday against Cape Verde or South Africa in the central Ivorian city of Bouake — those sides meet in the quarter-finals on Saturday. Angola almost took the lead inside four minutes, as a corner from their right was helped on to Mabululu, whose attempt at the near-post was kept out by Stanley Nwabili, the Nigerian goalkeeper who had passed a fitness test to play. Osimhen tried his luck twice from headers but it was Lookman, the Atalanta forward and former England Under-21 international, who broke the deadlock in the 41st minute. Moses Simon collected a pass on the left, accelerated away from Kialonda Gaspar and drove into the area before cutting the ball back for Lookman to finish emphatically. Nigeria continued to create chances after the break, but Angola did pass up a glorious opportunity to draw level just before the hour mark. AEK Athens striker Zini, on as a half-time substitute, was sent through on goal and his effort beat Nwabili, only to rebound back off the far post. For ADVERT Placement; for EVENT Coverage; Have story to PUBLISH; HAVE Breaking story with pictorial evidence OR wants to assist allcitynews.ng by DONATIONS, kindly contact us via ojezand@yahoo.com. Thank you. Allcitynews.ng’s goal: To interface between policy makers & general public, most influential, informative and reliable issues-based online newspaper, working for unity, peace and development of the Country. Disclaimer: Comments expressed here do not in anyway reflect the opinions of allcitynews.ng or any employee thereof. It assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the comments.