Niger senior men national team head coach, Ezzaki Badou, famously known as 'Zaki', has stated very clear that, the Black Stars are currently not part of the giants in African football and strongly feels they can edge past them in the upcoming qualifiers.
Niger have been paired in Group F alongside Ghana, Angola and Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, and have been touted underdogs by lots of bookmakers and are looking to change the narrative.
With the Black Stars huge dip in performance in the last few years, the 1986 best African footballer, strongly believes Ghana is beatable based on their recent performance and is very optimistic of overpowering them in the upcoming qualifiers series even on home soil.
"We're in an affordable group. We have every chance of qualifying."
"Ghana is a football country with great professionals... but it's not the team of 5 or 6 years ago. Even at home, they can lose."
The Ménas are winless in their last three matches and will kickstart the qualifiers with a visit to Sudan on September 2.
