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  Guinness Foreign Extra Stout , one of the world’s leading stouts and a supporter of the current African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, is putting up a show today to conclude the welcoming of the winning team members and the AFCON trophy to Lagos.

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday night conferred on members of the victorious Super Eagles national Honours for winning the African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013, nineteen years after Nigeria attained that feat.

The super eagles of Nigeria claimed their third Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday night, after a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso in the AFCON 2013 final played at Soccer City in Johannesburg South Africa.

The Super Eagles Nigeria will today by 4pm face Mali in the Semi-Finals of  the ongoing AFCON 2013.

eagle tramples on elephant Galatasaray of Turkey and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire defender, Emmanuel Eboue, who through his twitter handle, had boasted that his country will eat the Super Eagles of Nigeria like ‘super fried chicken’ during Sunday’s quarter final match in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2013) in South Africa, congratulated Nigeria and apologized over his comments.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated tournament favorites Ivory Coast 2-1 to reach the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations, (AFCON 2013) sending Didier Drogba and the entire Elephants of Ivory Coast team home.

Two late penalties (78’ and 90’) from forward Victor Moses gave the super eagles of Nigeria a crucial win against Ethiopia and the maximum three points needed to advance to the quarter finals of the ongoing AFCON 2013.

The football friendly match between Nigeria and Catalonia coming up today at 6pm at the Cornella-El Prat Stadium, will be carried live on SuperSport Channel 9. If you are in South Africa tune in to Channel 4 to watch the match live. This will be the second time both teams are meeting at any level. In the first meeting, the Seleccio Catalana trashed the Super Eagles of Nigeria 5-0. The match took place at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis on December 22, 1998. The Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is not seeking revenge rather the match is used as a tune up game in preparation for the African Nations Cup 2013 (AFCON) coming up later this month. He however agrees that a win for the Super Eagles will go a long way in helping to boost the confidence of the team for AFCON 2013.