Côte d’Ivoire football president, Yacine Idriss Diallo, has snubbed Nigeria’s Super Eagles as one of the favourites for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Eagles will begin their campaign at this year’s tournament in Group A alongside hosts Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.

Côte d’Ivoire will face the Eagles in their second group game on January 18 in Abidjan.

In an interview with FourFourTwo, Diallo named three countries who he believes will challenge for the trophy.

“I trust our team (Côte d’Ivoire) but we know that we are not favourite. The favourites are Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, all those teams,” Diallo said.

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“We’re building a new team. If you see our team now, I think 30% are very young, it’s their first competition. But we will try to bring a very good squad to be ready.

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