Former Super Eagles captain Kanu Nwankwo has called on Nigerians to come out in full support of the Super Eagles ahead of their AFCON 2025 semi-final clash against Morocco.
Softfootball earlier gathered that Kanu had also urged Nigerians to support the Super Eagles during their round of 16 match against Mozambique, a game Nigeria won 4–0 to advance to the quarter-finals. The Super Eagles then defeated Algeria to book a place in the semi-final of the competition.
Speaking via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the former Arsenal striker, fondly known as Papilo, encouraged Nigerians to continue supporting, praying for, and believing in the team as they push for a place in the final.
This was Kanu’s exact statement:
Hello my country people yee you know what it is .. Papilo, hey, is all about the super eagles not lets us come out and support them, encourage them, pray for them, wish them all the best am, the boys are ready, we are proud of them, am let us what ever we have to do, what we have been doing since, for them to be in the semi finals, semi finals we go all out win it, and the finals, and they can do it, can u believe it, they can do it. the boys i know them, they can do it eeeh super eagles players eeey give every thing, you have been doing that from day one and this is very important now to be in the finals, no matter what it is, what we need is to win and we are going to win by Gods grace. hey, our dear super eagles we are behind you, come on, we can do this boys, come on. make us proud we are winning this game, God bless you buy
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Kanu has remained consistent in galvanising support for the Super Eagles, and his goodwill messages have often been seen as a source of motivation for the team.
Meanwhile, Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi paid tribute to the Nigerian legend by copying Kanu’s famous celebration from the 1996 Olympic Games goal against Tunisia, highlighting the respect the current squad has for the former captain.
