In the last African Cup of Nations tournament, the performance of the super eagles was so bad that all the countries they played against in the tournament were better than them when it comes to ball possession. The super eagles were lucky to score goals against their opponents in the tournament. Ivory Coast couldn't beat their opponents in the group stage of the African of Cup Nations tournament, but they qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament as best losers. I expected the super eagles to beat Ivory Coast easily in the African Cup of Nations finals, but what did the super eagles do? They gave up their one goal lead against Ivory Coast, and Ivory Coast came from behind and beat the super eagles in the finals.
You didn't say the part were Nigerians were cheated. I think African cup of nation tournament need to be reevaluate by the FIFA. In the last African cup of nation, in the final Nigerians weren't even allow to go in, just few people and Ivory coast were filled up to the brim and were making the game harder for Nigeria to concentrate. Anytime they have a kick off to play, they shout to make confusion, honestly we weren't that good but Nigerian players deserves some praise.
Look at what the Moroccans did to our female players that went to the final, they were shinning LED light on Nigerian female players so they couldn't see. This wasn't talk about after the game, they were busy crying with manipulated faces saying the referee was paid and all sort of talks that weren't meaningful. They didn't complain when they were leading, it was later they started all the talk but Nigeria won the cup already, we will be there again by next year.
I watched the finals between the super eagles and Ivory Coast, and i didn't know that the super eagles were cheated by Ivory Coast in the last African cup of nations finals. I was thinking the cheating was that the referee disallowed the super eagles's goal, or the referee awarded Ivory Coast a penalty with a foul that's not supposed to be a foul, and it led to the super eagles losing to Ivory Coast in the finals. But if the cheating you are talking about is just about Ivory Coast having more fans than Nigeria in the stadium, it is not enough reason for the super eagles to lose to Ivory Coast in the last African cup of nations finals.