Sports News of Wednesday, 26 June 2019
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2019-06-26LIVE UPDATES: Nigeria vs Guinea (2019 AFCON)
Super Eagles defeated Burundi 1-0 in their opening game
LIVE UPDATES: Nigeria vs Guinea (2019 AFCON) Nigeria’s Super Eagles could become the first team to qualify to the last 16 stage of the 2019 AFCON if they manage to beat Guinea this afternoon.
The build-up to this game has been overshadowed by bonus issues in Nigeria’s camp but coach Rohr is hopeful the row won’t affect his
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"My player [Musa] couldn't attend the press conference today because they have a very important meeting. I just hope the situation can be resolved so we can focus on what we have in front of us, and that the situation around the team will be a good one with the serenity and harmony that we need, Rohr said in a presser on Tuesday.
Guinea stuttered against Madagascar in their opening and with just a single point in their basket, the desire to win and enhance their charges of qualification is strong.
Liverpool star man Nabil Keita shrugged off fitness concerns to play 28 minutes against Madagascar and will definitely be in the line-up for today’s game.
Nigeria’s Samuel Kalu has been cleared of dehydration to play in today’s but defender Abdullahi Shehu is yet to return from the hamstring injury he sustained on Saturday.
In the aftermath of their draw with Madasgacar, Guinea’s FA president sent a message to the players, reminding of their mission in the tournament and that’s the motivation they will be carrying into today’s game.
Nigeria and Guinea’s only previous AFCON encounter came in March 1976 in the group stages and it ended 1-1.
Guinea are unbeaten in their last four meetings against Nigeria in all competitions after winning none of their previous eight games against the Super Eagles.
Just as we’ve been doing since the commencement of the tournament, we will bring you live text commentary of this game too Game starts at 14:30 pm
