2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Niger coach Badou Zaki dances joyfully in anticipation of a possible qualification over Ghana

Niger coach Badou Zaki has expressed his views about his team’s chances of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held in Morocco next year.

Despite Ghana’s pedigree and history on the continent, Niger’s coach maintains that his team has a good chance of qualifying for AFCON 2025.

“We are in an affordable group. We have every chance of qualifying. For me, Ghana is a football country with a selection with great professionals.

“But it is not the team of 5 or 6 years ago. Even at home, they can lose. Angola showed a good face during the last CAN and beautiful football, modern, fast football” he stated.

“It is a selection that has shaken up the big teams in Côte d’Ivoire. I know Sudan very well. They are first in their qualifying group for the World Cup. They will be dangerous, but we know our strengths and we know that we can go far” he added.

The Black Stars were drawn in group F with Sudan, Niger, and Angola.

Ghana will open its campaign against Angola at home before making a trip to Niger for the second Group F match scheduled for September 2-10, 2024.

The top two teams from the group will qualify for the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next year.