{"id":12265,"date":"2022-01-12T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2022-01-12T03:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:20:28","slug":"congratulations-for-stopping-the-pharaohs-sunday-oliseh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12265","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations for stopping the Pharaoh&#8217;s-Sunday Oliseh."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>The 1994 Afcon winner was proud of the performance of Austin Eguavoen\u2019s team in their victory over the Pharaohs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"473\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images-3.jpeg 431w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images-3-273x300.jpeg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Sunday Oliseh former eagles player<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has described the Super Eagles\u2019 performance in their 1-0 win over Egypt \u2018as the best in recent years\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Oliseh joined the country\u2019s football enthusiasts in applauding the team\u2019s overall dominance in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations opening game after Kelechi Iheanacho scored the only goal at the Roumde Adjia Stadium on Tuesday.<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_20220112-035247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_20220112-035247.png 635w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_20220112-035247-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption><em>Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates his goal against Egypt.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like the forwards, the Nigeria midfielders and defenders were impressive as they stopped two-time African Footballer of the Year, Mohamed Salah and his Egyptian teammates from penetrating the backline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory shot Nigeria to the summit of Group D and the former Ajax midfielder suggested that Nigerians can start hoping for a fourth Afcon title and their first since 2013 with his former team Austin Eguavoen in charge at the helm of affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Technically,tactically, physically, mentally &amp; whatever positive &#8230;ly you can think of, Eguavoen&#39;s led super Eagles,i feel, dominated Egypt &amp; is, the best S.E performance in recent years. At this rate,we can be extremely optimistic my people.Moses Simon player of the match? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jelMu5JAkF\">pic.twitter.com\/jelMu5JAkF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SundayOOliseh\/status\/1480966027693469697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Iheanacho scooped the Man of the Match prize at the end of the game, the 47-year-old singled out Nantes winger Moses Simon as another option for the award after his contributions in the attack.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong><em>Technically, tactically, physically, mentally and whatever positive you can think of Eguavoen-led Super Eagles, I feel they dominated Egypt and it is the best Super Eagles performance in recent years,\u201d Oliseh wrote on Twitter<\/em><\/strong>.<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt this rate, we can be extremely optimistic my people. Moses Simon player of the match?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Super Eagles battle Sudan in their next group outing on Saturday, after the Falcons of Jediane settled for a goalless draw against Guinea-Bissau in Tuesday\u2019s opening match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1994 Afcon winner was proud of the performance of Austin Eguavoen\u2019s team in their victory over the Pharaohs Sunday Oliseh former eagles player Former Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has described the Super Eagles\u2019 performance in their 1-0 win over Egypt \u2018as the best in recent years\u2019. 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