African Cup of Nations: Nigeria's chance to set the record straight
https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/african-cup-of-nations-nigeria-s-chance-to-set-the-record-straight-1.288796 After nearly two decades of hurt, Nigeria have the chance to secure the trophy they were denied the chance of defending in 1996, writes Ian Hawkey in South Africa. Ian Hawkey 07 February, 2013 When the Super Eagles and their boisterous fans, many of them from the large Nigerian community resident in greater Johannesburg, descend on Soweto's Soccer City on Sunday, it will be with the swagger of African champions-elect. The confident manner with which they disposed of Mali, 4-1 in the semi-final of the African Cup of Nations, cannot help but make the two-times continental champions look favourites against Burkina Faso. Many of those supporters still refer to Nigeria as the champions who were never properly dethroned. Seventeen years of unfinished business hangs over the denouement of what has become a captivating Nations Cup. The backstory here is the controversial withd...