Super Eagles Coach, Berti Vogts says his team will qualify for the quarter final of the African Cup of Nations despite their 1-0 defeat to Ivory Coast in their opening Group B match.

We have lost against the best team in Africa but we will be back,

said the 61-year-old German.


Nigeria next play Mali, who they now trail by three points.
Ivory Coast won the cagey duel thanks to a superb individual goal in the second-half from Chelsea's Salomon Kalou.

The win was a repeat of the semi-finals of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt where the Super Eagles were also defeated 1-0 after a Didier Drogba strike.


The next Group B matches take place on Friday in Sekondi where Ivory Coast play Benin before Nigeria take on Mali.


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Comment from: Keron Mc Arthur [Visitor] Email
Hi We played against your side at the
Aberdeen International Football Festival
in July 2008, and was wondering if your coaches were interested in scouting some of the players from South Africa? I feel that there are not enough South Africans being scouted from other counties and we definately have execellent players avaible.Would you be intested in trails for some of our players?
12th August 2008 @ 08:14

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