AFCON 2025: Yaya Toure crowns Super Eagles most impressive team in Cup of Nations

Ivorian football legend Yaya Toure dubbed the Super Eagles the most impressive team at the recently concluded AFCON, lauding their incredible attacking potential and output.

Eric Chelle’s sides failed to win the tournament, settling for bronze, but they won hearts with their explosive showing in the competition, in which they dominated most attacking metrics.

The 2015 AFCON champion, in a conversation with Andrés Arencibia, discussed the recently concluded Cup of Nations and the teams which stood out to him. He praised teams like Algeria, DR Congo and Morocco but stated definitively that the Super Eagles stood out the most.

“I've seen the AFCON; I've been there. I've been impressed with Algeria; unfortunately, they got kicked out by Nigeria. I'm impressed by the team coached by Regragui, the manager of Morocco, very pragmatic, very direct, and playing counterattack,” he said.

“I was impressed with Nigeria; they play good football. When you see the stats, they've been scoring more than usual goals. Full strike, full attack, playing very good football. 

"The most impressive for me, in my opinion, was Nigeria, the football they were playing, the goals they were scoring, the players they have. I think they have two African best players in their team, and they were playing such wonderful game before they were kicked out by Morocco in the semi-final."

He also praised Congo, before discussing his country, Ivory Coast’s, performance He thought the defending champions played well, but he thought they were young and naive.