Osimhen vs Lookman: How I clashed with Victor Moses during AFCON – Obi Mikel

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Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has revealed how he argued with former teammate Victor Moses during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in South Africa.

Obi Mikel was speaking on his podcast about the recent on-field altercation between Super Eagles forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, as well as recalling his own on-field clash with Moses.

Recall that Osimhen argued with Lookman earlier this week during Nigeria’s 4-0 victory against Mozambique in the 2025 AFCON Round of 16.

“When we won the AFCON in 2013, Victor Moses was my roommate. Now we know Victor, when he gets the ball, he likes to go and dribble and create a chance, which was absolutely fantastic for Victor,” Obi Mikel said.

“A couple of times, he does it and squares the ball, but he wants to shoot. Then I went to him and said,
‘you have to fucking pass the ball’, he said no, and I said, you have to fucking pass the ball if somebody is pretty, more open, because we have to win here, Victor.

“It’s not about you, and we had an argument on the pitch. So after the game, he was still angry from what happened. We went into the room and for hours we slept, we didn’t speak to each other, we were walking passing each other in the room.

“We didn’t say anything to each other, and we woke up the next morning, we didn’t say anything to each other. Then, after we taught, there were much bigger things here; we spoke to each other, and we won. So these things happen, but we had to deal with it.”

Nigeria won the 2013 AFCON by defeating Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final, courtesy to Sunday Mba’s only goal of the match.

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