Galatasary of Turkey and Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire defender, Emmanuel Eboue, has boasted that his country will eat the Super Eagles of Nigeria like 'super fried chicken' when they meet on Sunday in one of the quarter finals matches in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations holding in South Africa.
Eboue, who through his twitter handle @TheRealEboue, congratulated Nigeria shortly after the Super Eagles defeated Ethiopia to reach the knock-out stages but was quick to caution Nigeria not to celebrate to much as the Elephants are coming for them.
The former Arsenal player maintained that Eagles were no match to his side. His first tweet read: "Congrat to Nigeria. Don't celebrate too much cuz we are coming for you. We are going to eat you like fufu".
Minutes later, the Ivorian defender tweeted again: "Sorry guys, point of correction. We are going to eat Nigeria like #SuperFriedChickens."
From then on, it has been an unending tweet tirade on not just the Eagles as a team but Nigeria in its entirety, a situation that has seen some twitter users arguing that Eboue was being impersonated.
Some of the tweets read:
"@TheRealEboue I see ppl saying I hv pride by saying we wud eat Nigeria like fried chickens, it's not pride guys, it's hardwork & passion 4 my country"
"@TheRealEboue: In Nigeria team, some of your best strikers like martins, yakubu & odewinge are not in the team. Why? No peace, passion, & humility"
"@TheRealEboue: Ivory has some of the top players in d world, and when our country calls. We go. We go back home and play. Nobody is a big boy. So shut it"
"@TheRealEboue: A country where mikel obi is your best player & captain . Out of 150million people. You sure have a problem super chickens"
"@TheRealEboue: With all due respect 2 mikel, he is a good player but not Okocha, Samson,yekini,Oliseh, adepoju. Your football association is a joke"
"@TheRealEboue: When keshi was in Togo, he dropped adebayor. He is in Nigeria and drops the best player. He is a manger he should be able to work on their ego"
@TheRealEboue: I have said enough on this matter. I was so angry. Speak to me when your national television can broadcast the game. Have a good day
@TheRealEboue: Keep fooling yourself and calling yourselfs the giant of africa. You are nothing but the soil of Africa we all work on now.
@TheRealEboue: You guys are jokers. Your institutions are comedy clubs. You have so many resources & man power yet you are always falling short.
@TheRealEboue:Oh sorry Nigeria, I even heard your country owns the first African television and you cannot even televise the game to the masses
@TheRealEboue: Drogba, Yaya,kolo, Zakora, gervinho,KaLou, and myself and all other players. We are all the same. One unity and family. Country comes 1st
@TheRealEboue: I have said enough on this matter. I was so angry. Speak to me when your national television can broadcast the game. Have a good day
@TheRealEboue: If we don't beat you in the game, it means you are lucky. But trust me, we are going to deal with you so much , you would be eating grass
@TheRealEboue: Why don't you speak to your NFA that cant grow a good soccer academy & produce players to last for a decade instead of new faces every week
@TheRealEboue: Blame me, i don't care. I would say my mind. You can even blame me Ghana can show the game to the masses and NTA cannot . Cover your face
TheRealEboue: My last word for Nigerians . Do not cry for me , cry for yourselves. In the true spirit of sport , I love you all . Don't get too emotional."
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Looking at the present situation between both sides, many people conclude that Elephants of Cote d'lvoire will beat Super Eagles of Nigeria but football is not like that in Tunisia 2004 African Cup of Nations many people concluded that Cameroon will beat Nigeria to reach the semi-final of that competition but to the surprise of many people Nigeria beat Cameroon by 2-1.I believe the story will repeat itself on Sunday.
Is that not true? I wonder how long we will continue to deceive ourselves. Thank u Emmanuel. This guy mean well for Africa. He is telling everything we need to amend to make it right.
First, this guy does not hate Nigerians. He is telling you the truth. As a matter of fact every Nigerian knows that he is telling the truth. Years ago, some of our universities were among the best in the world. Yes, the world! We have natural resources, that we could still waste. Nigerians were, and to a large extent, still are, creative, resourceful, resilient, brilliant...what more can I say. It is sad that the people have allowed gangs of rogues and foreign collaborators to rubbish that great country. I even saw a documentary on Nigerian women prostituting themselves in Italy. All for money. It certainly cannot get any lower than that. Unbelievable rot!
In the past I would ROTFLMAO at Emmanuel, but not today. Ivory coast has some brilliant players and I take his assessment seriously. I just hope that the Eagles bring some of that Nigerian shine with them to the game on Sunday, else. I won`t be watching. I will view the result after the game. Goodluck!
ENOUGH OF DOES INSULT EMMANUEL EBOUE, WHAT DOES COTE D' IVORE HAVE THAT NIGERIA DON'T HAVE? We ar the gaints of africa without any any disagreement, in sport we hav made history than any other africa country, in economy we ar the best after South Africa, in standard of living we ar on top {note: that only lazy Nigeria don't afford three square meal}, Nigeria is the best black nation U can ever think of on planet earth, am A nigerian and am proud of it. What about cote d' Ivory? Do U knw that Ur citizens occupies our country than any other foreigners in our country, which tv station can in Cote d' Ivory can even compete with the once in Nigeria? {JUST STOP THOSE INSULTS}
ENOUGH OF DOES INSULT EMMANUEL EBOUE, WHAT DOES COTE D' IVORE HAVE THAT NIGERIA DON'T HAVE? We ar the gaints of africa without any any disagreement, in sport we hav made history than any other africa country, in economy we ar the best after South Africa, in standard of living we ar on top {note: that only lazy Nigeria don't afford three square meal}, Nigeria is the best black nation U can ever think of on planet earth, am A nigerian and am proud of it. What about cote d' Ivory? Do U knw that Ur citizens occupies our country than any other foreigners in our country, which tv station can in Cote d' Ivory can even compete with the once in Nigeria? {JUST STOP THOSE INSULTS}
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