{"id":16459,"date":"2024-02-10T14:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T14:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T14:03:40","slug":"afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset has given two reasons why Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles are favourite to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations ahead of the host nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles will tackle Ivory Coast in Sunday\u2019s AFCON final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Peseiro\u2019s men had beaten Ivory Coast 1-0 during the group stages.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gasset who was dismissed by the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) following the Elephants\u2019 4-0 defeat against Equatorial Guinea in their final Group A game, believes Nigeria are favourite against his former team because they have Victor Osimhen and also are higher ranked in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to L\u2019Equipe via Ouest France, Gasset said: \u201cIvory Coast are not favorites because Nigeria are higher ranked in Africa and have Osimhen, the best African Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy departure brought peace. I am proud of the Elephants, happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset has given two reasons why Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles are favourite to win the 2023&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103,10463,8918,15,160],"tags":[110,8919,9385,8920,180,201],"class_list":["post-16459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcon","category-gasset","category-ivory-coast","category-news","category-sport","tag-afcon","tag-coast","tag-gasset","tag-ivory","tag-news","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset has given two reasons why Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles are favourite to win the 2023&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"710\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/\",\"name\":\"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg\",\"width\":710,\"height\":473},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Niger Delta News\",\"description\":\"Reporting from Niger Delta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\",\"name\":\"web\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News","og_description":"Former Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset has given two reasons why Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles are favourite to win the 2023&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/","og_site_name":"Niger Delta News","article_published_time":"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":710,"height":473,"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"web","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ndnewsng","twitter_site":"@ndnewsng","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/","name":"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset - Niger Delta News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-10T14:03:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gasset.jpg","width":710,"height":473},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/afcon-nigeria-favourite-to-win-trophy-for-two-reasons-ex-ivory-coast-coach-gasset\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AFCON: Nigeria favourite to win trophy for two reasons \u2013 Ex-Ivory Coast coach, Gasset"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/","name":"Niger Delta News","description":"Reporting from Niger Delta","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70","name":"web","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews"],"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}