Now that the AFCON is upon us, let us look at the last victorious moment Nigeria had.

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In the year 2013, the AFCON started on a very rocky path, in fact the beginning was so bad that Nigeria was nearly knocked out of the tournament in the group stage. Somehow, the team managed to steer the course in the group stage.

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In the knockout phase, we saw the beasts come out the then crop of Super Eagles, against Ivory Coast (against all odds) the team eliminated the Ivorian Elephants (2-1), and headed straight to decimate the Eagles of Mali (4-1), then went on to defeat Burkina Faso (1-0) in the final.

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These events brought joy and happiness to the country. That was more than a decade ago. In our next article we will look at the last AFCON that we came very close to winning.