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Ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Taiwo Awoniyi maintains that he feels no pressure to perform better than fellow Super Eagles strikers Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface.
Nigeria's Super Eagles, having clinched the top spot in Group D with 11 points, will compete in the AFCON tournament in Morocco later this year.
Awoniyi's last appearance for the Nigerian Super Eagles was in their 1-0 win against Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo last year.
This season, he has been hit by injury and has struggled to get enough minutes under his belt for club and country.
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Awoniyi speaks on AFCON
Awoniyi openly discussed the competition for spots in Nigeria's attack on Humble Boots, stating that he doesn't believe he needs to displace anyone to secure his place in the team.
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He said, “I’ve never thought that I want to be better than this, I want to be better than that. I believe everyone’s destiny is different.
“I’ve never chased the goal of being better than someone else, I just want to be the best version of myself this year. Whether it’s playing or whether it’s not playing, I just want to be better than who I am.
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“Of course, if you are not playing, maybe people cannot see that, but ‘what are you doing when you are not playing’? It’s just to develop myself.
“So when the opportunity comes to play for Nigeria or my club (Nottingham Forest), I am ready to do it. But I have never had the intention of ‘I want to be better than Osimhen, I want to be better than Boniface, I want to be better than that.’
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“Everyone knows who I am. I believe people understand me as a person. Everyone sees the world differently, but I don’t believe I need to be better than this person to make it to the AFCON. I want to be better at what I am doing for myself.
“If it’s getting more minutes, if it’s scoring goals, then I will get to the AFCON, so I don’t need to push to be better than Osimhen or Boniface to get to the AFCON.”
Taiwo Awoniyi, with only 10 appearances and two goals for Nigeria's Super Eagles, aims to secure a place in Eric Chelle's team for the upcoming Brentford matches.
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