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Portuguese gaffer, Jose Mourinho has backed Nigeria’s Super Eagles to defeat the Elephants of Ivory Coast in today’s 2023 AFCON final.
Mourinho, made this known while speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s podcast, said the head coach of the Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro, is his best friend in football.
The ex-Roma and Manchester United coach believes that Peseiro would become the first Portuguese coach to win the AFCON.
He said “My best friend in football is in the final (AFCON).
“The Nigerian coach is my best friend. He grew up with me; we studied together. We went to university on the same day, and we spent five years together every day.
“We left at the same time; he is probably my best friend in football, and for him, a big opportunity to make history, because never before has a Portuguese coach won the AFCON,” Mourinho said.
Nigeria will face Cote d’Ivoire in the AFCON final on Sunday night at the Alhassan Quattara stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan.