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Eagles to enjoy total support today in Cairo

From George Aluo, Cairo

Everything points to the Super Eagles enjoying good support from the stands when they face South Africa’s Bafana Bafana today in the AFCON 2019 quarter finals at the massive Cairo International Stadium.

Apart from the fact that more members of the factionalized Nigerian Football Supporters Club are here in Cairo, the Egyptian fans are all queueing behind Nigeria and want a Nigeria victory.

Virtually every Egyptian here on the street of Cairo is supporting the Eagles and the few of them that would make it to the stadium would no doubt be cheering the Eagles.

At a restaurant here in Giza area of the city, the chef who said he is still writhing in the pains of Egypt’s exit said he is going to be at the stadium to support Nigeria, even as he said he wants Nigeria to beat South Africa silly. 

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Virtually all the taxi drivers here in the city of Cairo are urging the Eagles to go for victory even as they recall the soccer exploits of the likes of Rashidi Yekini, Dan Amokachi and Emmanuel Amuneke.

One thing that is clear is the fact that Egyptians are in love with the Eagles, thanks to the legendary performance of our ex internationals some of whom played their club football here in Egypt.

Apart from the late Yekini, Amuneke and John Utaka who played for Egyptian clubs are also very popular here and this informs why the Eagles are the fans favorites.

The Pharaohs were knocked out of the 2019 AFCON following an astounding 1-0 defeat against South Africa. Their exit from the tournament represents the worst AFCON result when the competition is hosted by Egypt.

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