Much-maligned Peseiro defies critics with Nigeria at AFCON

The 63-year-old had been widely written off in Nigeria as the wrong man for the job long before they opened their AFCON campaign with a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea in Abidjan on January 14.

Nigeria's Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro busy on the touchline during his team's quarterfinal match against Angola at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on February 2, 2024. (AFP)