Former Tremendous Eagles right-full-back, Mobi Oparaku has fired up gamers within the present Nigerian squad to inspire themselves into profitable the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025).
Sports247 experiences that Oparaku is of a view that the staff’s incapacity to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ought to now propel the gamers to be decided in direction of profitable the upcoming AFCON in Morocco.
Oparaku, who was a part of Nigeria’s profitable squad at Atlanta ’96 Olympic Video games, declared: “They have already got the motivation in them. They need to now be at that degree the place they know that they don’t want anyone to inspire them.
“The motivation is there already, as a result of you must make your followers blissful on a regular basis. The considered making up for not going to the World Cup ought to now be their greatest motivation.”
The gold medalist at Japan ’93 FIFA U17 World Cup concluded with a robust cost for all gamers within the squad to place in the perfect of their efforts in an effort to return from Morocco with the AFCON trophy in January.
“They should put all the pieces they’ve into it. Now that we aren’t going to the World Cup, they should put all their toes into it. They have to unleash all of it on the AFCON in order that they’ll win it,” Oparaku burdened.
