Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Supporters Club, ANFASSC brought color and glamour to Garuoa as they cheer the senior national team of Nigeria to a 1-0 win over Egypt.
Led by their indefatigable Chairman Abayomi Ogunjimi, their presence and nonstop drumming and songs kept the stadium alive as they sing songs to ginger the players using their strength in numbers to overpower the Egyptian supporters.
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ANFASSC were dressed in their official shirt for the tournament which immediately handed them physical support with other Nigerians at the stadium joining them in dancing and singing.
Their delegation who arrived in Cameroon in style just in time for the game made the players feel at home with unwavering support right from their hotel to the stadium.
It will be recalled, A sweet 34th-minute belter, intelligently struck by Kelechi Iheanacho and off a brilliant headed pass by Taiwo Awoniyi, earned Nigeria a first-ever opening match win over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations as Cameroon’s northern town of Garoua dazzled in green and white on Tuesday night.
Former U17 World Cup winner Iheanacho ran hard at the North Africans’ defense a number of times in a pulsating first half clearly dominated by the three-time African champions at the Stade Roumdé Adjia. But it was the diminutive winger Moses Simon, who plays his club football in France, that threw the Egyptians’ rear into jeopardy several times with his dancing, taunting, and inexhaustible bag f tricks, and it was his penetrating pull-out from the left that resulted in the game’s only goal.
The Eagles played with gusto, zest, immense confidence, and go-go spirit (not seen for such a long time), and with Olaoluwa Aina and Zaidi Sanusi firm at both wing-backs, Kenneth Omeruo and William Ekong surefooted in the central defense, Wilfred Ndidi, and Joe Aribo disciplined and focused in the middle, the Pharaohs were literally at sea.
Upfront, Iheanacho was a constant threat with his lively runs, and Simon dazzled to no end with the Egyptians unable to decode him for the 90 minutes he was on-pitch before giving way to Alex Iwobi.
