Imama Amapakabo, the Super Eagles assistant coach, has taken to his Facebook page to share that Prophet T.B Joshua called him on the eve of their semi-finals clash with Algeria to tell him that the match needs to be played like a final because whoever wins would go on to lift the Nations cup.
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Recall that Algeria went on to defeat Senegal in the finals by a lone goal to nil to lift the trophy.
His words:
“Got a call from Prophet T.B. Joshua on the eve of our game against Algeria and he prophesied that we should play that game as the finals – in other words, whoever wins the game wins the cup and true to his words, it came to pass,” he said on his Facebook page on Saturday.