AFCON 2023 was one for the ages, one where every kind of football prediction was defied. From Côte d’Ivoire going from losing 4-0 in front of their fans and on the brink of a group stage elimination to tournament victory, to Ghana exiting in the group stage without winning a game,
One thing Madrid-born Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, also known as Rodri, probably never envisaged while growing up was him being the spark for a civil war there. Having left there in 2019 to go to Manchester, it was even more unlikely.
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The Super Eagles' 2024 journey has been a rollercoaster. There were the highs, like making it to the AFCON final, but also the sting of losing it to Ivory Coast.