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Profiles of some of Super Eagles players in the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Nigeria’s star winger Victor Moses reportedly starts Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final after overcoming an ankle injury, but leading scorer Emmanuel Emenike is on the bench.

Senate President David Mark, on Saturday warned the Super Eagles against complacency in their final match of the African Nations Cup in South Africa.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will this evening, (7pm Nigerian time) at the National Stadium in Johannesburg slug it out with the Stallions of Burkina Faso in the final of 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations holding in South Africa.

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Clemens Westerhof, the Dutch coach who won the Nations Cup for Nigeria in 1994, Qualified Nigeria for their first ever World Cup finals in USA ’94 and the man who made Nigeria the best football country in Africa before the plunge started when he left, has spoken on the final with Burkina Faso today.

Finidi George is one of the heroes of the revolution Clemens Westerhof launched in Nigerian football, a tremendous effort that saw Nigeria rank the 5th best football country in the world. It was a feat many doubt if it can ever be achieved again in this millennium. We called Finidi’s house in Spain and asked him what he thought of the two teams, advice to the Eagles and what it feels like playing in a cup final of this nature. He said the following:

THE national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged Senate President David Mark and the Super Eagles to restore the nation’s pride and dignity with today’s match with Burkina Faso by firing up the Nigerian spirit to win the African Nation’s Cup.

Austin Eguavoen was the stand-in captain during most of the matches of Tunisia ’94. That was the last time Nigeria won the Nations Cup, the only other time being in 1980 when Nigeria hosted and won. Christian Chukwu was captain and also an assistant to Westerhof when they won in Tunisia.

Christian Chukwu, a former Head Coach of the Super Eagles, has told the team that they would have themselves to blame if they underestimated the Stallions of Burkina Faso in today’s AFCON final.

One old but very alert man monitoring all matches of the Nations Cup and praying that Stephen Keshi and Eagles lift the trophy today is Pa John Ojidoh, a veteran of many fields of sports.

Senate President, David Mark, was the surprise guest at the Super Eagles last training session at the Soccer City in Soweto, South Africa, ostensibly to assure the team that the people and government of Nigeria were solidly behind the team in their quest to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time.

Head coach of the Nigerian national team, Stephen Keshi will not make a decision on the injured duo of Victor Moses and Emmanuel Emenike “until the last minute” ahead of today’s Africa Cup of Nations final against Burkina Faso.

South Africa cult hero and former Manchester United legend, Quinton Fortune has tipped the Super Eagles of Nigeria to beat their Burkina Faso counterparts in Sunday’s 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final.