{"id":138946,"date":"2024-01-14T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/14\/i-dont-see-nigeria-winning-afcon-2023-ruggedman\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:39:09","slug":"i-dont-see-nigeria-winning-afcon-2023-ruggedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/14\/i-dont-see-nigeria-winning-afcon-2023-ruggedman\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Don&#8217;t See Nigeria Winning AFCON 2023&#8221; \u2013 Ruggedman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Veteran Nigerian rapper, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, also known as Ruggedman, has said that he doesn\u2019t see the Super Eagles winning the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0the AFCON tournament commenced on Saturday, January 13, 2024, with the inaugural match featuring the host country Ivory Coast (Cote d\u2019Ivoire) against Guinea Bissau at Alassane Ouattara stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-year-old singer made this known during an interview with The PUNCH, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his favourite sport growing up as a child, Ruggedman said:\u00a0\u201cGrowing up, like most young kids across Nigeria, I enjoyed and still enjoy football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love playing football. I also represented my secondary school in a relay race once but it obviously was not my calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0AFCON: Former Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr Backs Uzoho<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201d I grew up reading football comic books like Roy Of The Rovers. I became a football lover in the early 1980s from watching \u201cBig League Soccer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Nigerian, yes I think they (Super Eagles) can win it but realistically and with the way we seem to have lost a couple of warm-up matches towards the competition, coupled with the history of politics being played in players selection, I do not see us winning it. I hope we do, but we all know games are not won by hoping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know some will argue that I might be choosing him because he is Nigerian. Some will say he did not win much during his time playing, but I choose Jay Jay Okocha any time, any day. 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