{"id":418803,"date":"2011-05-06T17:31:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/06\/niger-aims-to-upset-nigeria-at-wafu-cup\/"},"modified":"2011-05-06T17:31:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T17:31:35","slug":"niger-aims-to-upset-nigeria-at-wafu-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/06\/niger-aims-to-upset-nigeria-at-wafu-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger aims to upset Nigeria at WAFU Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Niger is sure that it has enough ability to upset 2011 WAFU Nations Cup hosts Nigeria on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerien central defender Harouna Ide has told MTNFootball.com that its confidence level has heightened with victories over giants Egypt and Nigeria in other competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to win again,\u201d Ide said. \u201cNigeria are a big team but we have also showed that we can compete with the best teams in Africa like Egypt and Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe squad for this competition is mainly made up of players from our under-20 team, who recently toured Saudi Arabia and Algeria. We are handled by the national team assistant coach as the main coach is undergoing a course,\u201d the Kano Pillars guardsman stated.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria set off its campaign with a 1-0 win over Liberia on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201105\/159145.php\" title=\"Niger aims to upset Nigeria at WAFU Cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niger aims to upset Nigeria at WAFU Cup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Niger is sure that it has enough ability to upset 2011 WAFU Nations Cup hosts Nigeria on Saturday. Nigerien central defender Harouna Ide has told MTNFootball.com that its confidence level has heightened with victories over giants Egypt and Nigeria in other competitions. \u201cWe are here to win again,\u201d Ide said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Niger aims to upset Nigeria at WAFU Cup - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/06\/niger-aims-to-upset-nigeria-at-wafu-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Niger aims to upset Nigeria at WAFU Cup - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Niger is sure that it has enough ability to upset 2011 WAFU Nations Cup hosts Nigeria on Saturday. 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