{"id":646991,"date":"2019-06-28T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>Lagos \u2013 Waidi Akanni, an ex-international, on Thursday urged the Super Eagles midfielders to create more scoring chances at the ongoing 2019 Egypt Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to enable the strikers to score more goa"},"modified":"2019-06-28T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:03:07","slug":"afcon-create-more-scoring-chances-akanni-urges-eagles-midfielders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/afcon-create-more-scoring-chances-akanni-urges-eagles-midfielders\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON: Create more scoring chances, Akanni urges Eagles\u2019 midfielders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Lagos \u2013 Waidi Akanni, an ex-international, on Thursday urged the Super Eagles midfielders to create more scoring chances at the ongoing 2019 Egypt Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to enable the strikers to score more goals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1215835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1215835\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1215835 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"AFCON\" width=\"603\" height=\"399\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561737787_637_Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-11.31.10-AM.png\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1215835\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561737787_833_Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-11.31.10-AM.png\" alt=\"AFCON\" width=\"603\" height=\"399\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1215835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFCON : Nigeria\u2019s Kenneth Omeruo scores their first goal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Akanni, who gave the advice in an interview\u00a0 in Lagos, said that he was impressed with the team\u2019s performance in the continental football tournament.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles won their first match against Burundi with a 1-0 score line and subsequently won their match against the Syli Stars of Guinea with a similar score line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m impressed but I want more scoring opportunities that will give me and a lot of Nigerians more confidence.<\/p>\n<p>AFCON 2019: Izilein, Bazuaye urge Eagles to improve on their midfield, attack<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe midfield is the engine room of the strikers and I need them to do more. They need to intensify their efforts and create more scoring chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to ensure that we keep playing cohesively in order to sustain the winning momentum,\u2019\u2019 the former midfielder said.<\/p>\n<p>With the six points garnered from the two matches played so far in the AFCON, the Super Eagles have already qualified for the next round of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s will trade tackles with The Barea of Madagascar in the last Group B match at the Alexandria Stadium on June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Afcon 2019: Nigerians celebrate Round of 16 berth<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, also urged the players to continue to take the proceedings at the tournament one-game at a time in order not to lose focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking each game at a time will help us focus on our game. We should be focused and shun distractions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso the team should watch video clips of their next opponent so that they will have a depth of their opponent\u2019s playing pattern, \u2019\u2019 Akanni said.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Omeruo, scored the vital winning goal in the 73rd minute of the keenly contested match and also won the CAF man-of-the match award. 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