VILLARREAL winger Samuel Chukwueze is confident Nigeria will qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and go all the way and win it.
The Super Eagles are preparing to play Sierra Leone on Sunday in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Chukwueze is among the players in camp and is expected to play a vital part in helping his team to get past the Leone Stars in Group A.
The Villarreal star is confident Jose Peseiro’s team will qualify for the finals and urged the fans to start preparing to attend the biennial tournament and cheer the team on.
The attacker further revealed his target with the national team before he retires.
“Nigerians should expect a win because we have to qualify for the next Africa Cup of Nations,” Chukwueze told ESPN.
“They should just book their tickets because we are going to win and go there [to the finals in Ivory Coast].
“We want to win the AFCON for sure because we have great young talents and we have young players who are actually ready to fight.
“For me, I need to win a trophy with the Super Eagles because I cannot play to the end of my career without winning any trophy with the Super Eagles. This is our time.”
Anything less than a win on Sunday, June 18, will see the Leone Stars get eliminated with Guinea Bissau and Nigeria qualifying.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s delegation to Sierra Leone arrived in the Liberian capital, Monrovia on Saturday morning, aboard a chartered Air Peace airline Embraer 195.
The aircraft conveying the contingent of 23 players, technical and administrative staff, and a few other officials led by the President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, landed at the Roberts International Airport at 11.08 am local time (12.08 pm in Nigeria), and was received by the Ambassador of Nigeria to Liberia, His Excellency Godfrey A. E. Odudigbo, the Head of Chancery, Ms Stella Ahumibe, and a few other mission staff.