The Super Eagles kicked off their latest AFCON campaign with a nervy win on Tuesday evening. Nigeria arrive at the Africa Cup of Nations hoping to bounce back from their World Cup heartbreak, having lost on penalties to DR Congo in the CAF play-off final last month. While that result is being disputed, it represented a second successive qualification failure and led to questions over the future of head coach Eric Chelle, with captain William Troost-Ekong also retiring from international football.
