Johan Cruyff: Nigeria will go far at Afcon

In the aftermath of the friendly match between his Catalunya sise which ended one all.Former Dutch
great Johan Cruyff
has praised the
efforts of the
Super Eagles who
held his Catalonia
side to a 1-1 draw
in Wednesday’s
friendly
international
match in Spain as Nigeria prepare for the
Africa Cup of Nations.
Sergio Gonzalez scored for the hosts via a
penalty before Bright Dike equalized for
the Nigerians who were later handed the
Catalonia Independence trophy.
Cryuff, who was handling the Catalonian
Selected side for the last time, said he
told his players that the Nigerian side was
a very strong, physical and tactical side
and he was not disappointed with what
he saw against his side.
“It was a good game but the Nigerians are
preparing for a major tournament and it
showed that they are preparing well and
will go very far in the tournament”, Cruyff
said.
Nigeria are drawn in Group C and will
face defending champions Zambia,
Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.