Tijani Babangida tips Nigeria to reach quarter-finals of World Cup in Brazil

• Babangida expects Nigeria to at least get to the second round of World Cup
• He believes the fact they are African champions mean they should do well
  
• Former Ajax player says the Super Eagles 'will definitely do well' in Brazil
  

By Chris Waugh for MailOnline

Published: 05:28 EDT, 6 June 2014 | Updated: 05:28 EDT, 6 June 2014

Former Nigeria international Tijani Babangida expects the Super Eagles to qualify from their group and even make the quarter-final of the World Cup in Brazil.

The ex-Ajax winger, 40, reached the last-16 of the 1998 World Cup in France but predicts that this year's crop of Nigeria stars can go one better.

With Premier League players such as Shola Ameobi, Victor Moses and Peter Odemwingie in their ranks, the 36-cap former international expects big things from his countrymen.

Prediction: Tijani Babangida (left) expects Nigeria to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Brazil

Pedigree: Babangida (top) represented his country 36 times as well as playing club football for Ajax

Quality: Babangida believes the presence of Premier League players like Shola Ameobi will help Nigeria

'I have absolute confidence in the ability of the Super Eagles to qualify to the second round and go as far as the quarter-final of this World Cup," he told Goal.com.

'Don’t forget that we are the African champions and we are expected to do well in this competition.'

'I am also happy that players like the team captain Joseph Yobo and Odemwingie made the list while I also felt disappointed that we couldn’t take the seven players dropped to the World Cup because they are all good players.

'Right now I believe that we are set for the competition and the Eagles will definitely do well in Brazil.'

Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and iran are alongside the Super Eagles in Group F.

Experience: Stoke's Peter Odemwingie (left) and Liverpool loanee Victor Moses (right) are in the Nigeria squad