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26th African Cup of Nations in Ghana: Nigeria coach still confident to qualify

Joseph

23rd January 2008

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.