Former Tremendous Eagles’ defender, Abiodun Obafemi, has rated Birmingham Metropolis of England right-wing-back, Shiny Osayi-Samuel and Olympiakos of Greece left-back, Bruno Onyemachi as Nigeria’s largest revelations on the latest Africa Cup of Nations.
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Sports247 reviews that Obafemi, who was a part of Nigeria’s gold medal-winning under-23 squad at Atalanta ’96 Olympics, took one other take a look at AFCON 2025 and posited that many gamers within the Eagles’ squad shocked him.
The fair-skinned product of Stationary Shops FC of Lagos mirrored, “I do know there are a few of our gamers who’re up there and can all the time do nicely.
“I knew those that would make us proud, however there have been some who I used to be sceptical about their performances. I wasn’t positive about how nicely they have been going to carry out.
“Just like the right-back (Osayi) and left-back (Bruno). It simply exhibits that we’ve got skills. So, we should always maintain religion in these boys, and we should not underrate anyone. That’s the huge lesson I learnt from this AFCON.”
Obafemi, who performed for FC Toulouse of France in addition to Fortuna Koln, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Reautlingen, and Augsburg of Germany throughout his energetic days, concluded with a view that every one the lads who gained bronze for Nigeria at AFCON 2025 must be trusted to do even higher in days to come back.
“I noticed the excessive stage of cohesion amongst our gamers, and I loved the way in which they performed … particularly Osayi and Bruno. For me, they have been the revelations of this event. They did nicely.
“I initially thought we might have issues within the absence of Ola Aina on the right-back place; however we noticed that we’ve got many boys who’re good.
“So, let’s belief them, as a result of we’ve got each purpose to be proud of their performances,” submitted Obafemi, who’s now coach at a decrease division league membership in Lagos.
