AFCON 2021: Egypt Coach Queiroz Targets Victory Against Super Eagles 

The Pharaohs of Egypt head coach Carlos Queiroz has declared he would be seeking a winning start at the AFCON tournament in Cameroon against Nigeria.

The seven-time African champions will be up against the Super Eagles of Nigeria, in Group D and for Queiroz, securing all three points in the opener is important.

Indeed, Egypt will hope to replicate their Angola 2010 AFCON feat against the Super Eagles.

Then under legendary coach Hassan Shehata, Egypt came from a goal down to defeat the Eagles 3-1 in their first group game.

They went on to secure their seventh AFCON title after pipping Ghana 1-0 in the final.

And ahead of next week Tuesday’s heavyweight encounter Queiroz, quoted on kingfut.com, said:” Our goal in the AFCON is to try to win every game, build a winning mentality because in March we will play the final stage of the qualifiers.

“I will only have four days before it. I know that Egypt has a great history in the AFCON, but our goal remains to qualify for the World Cup. I was not the one who set qualifying for the World Cup as the main goal for the team.

“FIFA put the Club World Cup at the same time as the AFCON, and this reflects on the importance of the qualifiers, which will take place by themselves in March.

“We have to play better than the team was 10 years ago. All the teams that we will face in the tournament are doing better now than they were in 2010. We’re not going to AFCON to take a walk, we are going to win.

“We need a winning mentality, when we win the first game we will want to win the next match and so on, this is our mentality. I want a stable, strong, and harmonious team that is able to go to the final stage of the qualifiers.”