With the temperature at 33\u00b0C, and sunny weather as of the time of this report, the commercial city of Abidjan looks set for a titanic finale between two West African giants.<\/p>\n
Nigeria against host, Cote D’Ivoire in a repeat of earlier Group A encounter which ended 1-0 in favour of the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n
William Troost Ekong’s second-half penalty was all it wrote when both sides last met.<\/p>\n
With a few hours to the important match, the atmosphere around the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Ebimpe, Abidjan is electric with neighbouring areas laced with Ivory Coast flags.<\/p>\n
Fans of both sides have begun to throng the stadium with four hours to the kick-off of the match.<\/p>\n
Ivorians are happy, glad, elated, and in high spirits anticipating a win that will keep the title at home.<\/p>\n
Hawkers and street vendors are making good sales from journalists, fans, tourists, and other visitors to the stadium for an exciting spectacle.<\/p>\n
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The Ivorian journalists are not left out as the majority of them at the stadium are putting on their national team jerseys in support and solidarity for an anticipated win.<\/p>\n
The same can’t be said about Nigeria as the supporters’ clubs are expected to be at the stadium.<\/p>\n
Not expected to outnumber the home fans and supporters but the supporters of the three-time African champions in their little number are willing to throw their solidary for the Super Eagles as they attempt to win their fourth title.<\/p>\n
A similar atmosphere was experienced when the two teams traded tackles in the group stage.<\/p>\n
With the top prize in sight, the two teams from West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) intend to prove their continental supremacy at the end of the game.<\/p>\n
Road to the final<\/strong><\/p>\n Nigeria<\/strong> Nigeria 1-0 Cote D’Ivoire<\/p>\n Nigeria 1-0 Guinea Bissau<\/p>\n Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon<\/p>\n Nigeria 1-0 Angola<\/p>\n Nigeria 1-1 South Africa (4-2 penalties)<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire<\/strong><\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 2-0 Guinea Bissau<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 0-1 Nigeria<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 0-4 Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 1-1 Senegal (5-4 on penalties)<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 2-1 Mali<\/p>\n Cote D’Ivoire 1-0 DR Congo<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Copyright 2024\u00a9kick442.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcasted, written in full or parts, without a written permission from our management<\/strong><\/p>\n This site is not responsible for contents displayed by external sites<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the temperature at 33\u00b0C, and sunny weather as of the time of this…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,39,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcon","category-african-football","category-super-eagles"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n
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