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Super Eagles Will Get Afcon 2023 Quarter-finals Largesse Of $1.3million If They Beat Angola –
BY KUNLE SOLAJA.
Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 when they returned home empty handed after an impressive group stage and appalling Round of 16 outing, the Super Eagles have earned $800,000 in prize money for getting out of the group stage.
Success on Friday in their quarter-finals duel with Angola will raise their take-home to S1.3million.
According to the breakdown of the prize money by CAF, there have been a 40% improvement in prize money. Thus, teams the two teams that placed third in their respective groups but failed to make it to the Round of 16 will get $700,000 each.
The two teams are Ghana and Zambia in Groups B and F respectively. The two teams that fail to go beyond the semi-finals will each get $2 5million. The cup winner will get $7 million while the runners-up will take $4 million.
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Fear of Boniface and Lookman grips Libya’s coach, Al-Hadhiri
Faced with internal challenges that include players’ injuries and boycotts, the Libyan coach, Nasser Al-Hadhiri is believed by local press as facing a ‘near-impossible mission’ in Nigeria.
“The team’s mission against Nigeria seems almost impossible. The Nigerian team has a strong squad, led by names such as Ademola Lookman and Victor Boniface, which makes the task more difficult for the Libyan team”, Akhbarlibya24 editorialised.
It further reported that despite the difficult situation, the Libyan coach, Nasser Al-Hadhiri remains somewhat optimistic, as he hopes to achieve a positive result. He remarked: “We realize that winning against Nigeria is difficult, but we seek to return with a draw that will be positive for us and restore our hope in competing for qualification.”
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Pressure mounts on Libya ahead of Super Eagles clash
According to Libya’s news outlets, there are palpable fears in the Libya national team which faces successive crises and trying to avoid early elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.
The team which faces the Super Eagles this week has been plagued with players’ absences occasioned by injuries and boycotts.
The coach recently appointed has revealed the names of players refusing to represent the national team.
In a press conference held on Saturday, Coach Nasser Al-Hadhiri remarked that the absence of several players were due to real injuries.
In that class are Ahmed Al-Tarbi, a defender of Ahli Tripoli; Mohammed Al-Tabbal of Al-Nasr club and Ali Youssef who also suffered the injury while playing with Tunisia’s Club Africaine.
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Libya’s new coach, Al-Hadhir faces difficult time ahead of Super Eagles match
If the Libyan national team sticks to plans, the players are expected to have arrived in Nigeria ahead of their Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying duel in Uyo.
With most players drawn from the domestic league, the national team had daily training sessions in Tripoli under coach Nasser Al-Hadhiri and his assistants Akram Al-Hammami and Abu Bakr Al-Hark.
However, according to media sources in Libya, the team faces injury worries even though the absence of Victor Osimhen in the Nigerian squad is being celebrated.
Even though it did not mention the injured Libyan players, Libya Al-Ahrar Channel reports that replacements were found in Al-Tahadi FC defender, Mohammed Khalil and Al-Nasr midfielder, Abdullah Abdul Rahim as well as Al-Akhdar winger, Faraj Ghaidhan. They take the places of the absent regular players.
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