By Our Correspondent

Super Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen is not taking anything to chance as his wards prepare to face Tunisia in the last 16 of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon, www.bestchoicesports.com.ng can repor

Both teams had contrasting fortunes going into the Round of 16 with Nigeria maintaining 100% record while the Tunisians won only one match and lost two in the group stage

Although the Carthage Eagles are not in their best form going into the Sunday cracker, Eguavoen believes that the North Africans’ history in the competition should not be wished away.

“I expect a very tough game against the Tunisians. Our group will not be lulled into any sense of superiority over any team here until we do the business on the field. Tunisia is a big name in African football and we must acknowledge that, despite the manner in which they reached this stage.

“We have watched some of their games and from what we know of them in the distant past and in lucid memory, they are never a team to take for granted.”

Tunisia’s campaign has been somewhat ravaged by positive COVID-19 tests and the team only qualified for the knockout stage as one of the best losers, finishing in third place behind The Gambia and Mali, and winning only one of their three matches while losing the other two.

Eguavoen’s 51 caps for Nigeria did not include an encounter with Tunisia, but he was head coach of the Super Eagles when Nigeria upended the Carthage Eagles on penalty shootout in Port Said in Egypt 16 years ago to send the Cup holders out of the tournament at the quarter final stage.

“That was a huge, huge game and a memorable one for me. The match ended 1-1 in regulation and extra time and we had to go into penalties. We lost two of our first three kicks or something like that and then bounced back when our goalkeeper (Vincent Enyeama) stopped two of their kicks. It was a sweet victory,” Eguavoen said

The match will hold at the Roumde Adjia Stadium, Garoua where the Super Eagles have played all their there matches and won all.

Kick-off time is 8pm on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022