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Nigeria booked their place in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations as they picked up a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau. The Super Eagles went into their final group-stage match knowing a point would secure their progression through to the last-16, though even defeat might still have left them qualifying as one of the best third-placed teams.
It was a relatively sluggish start from Nigeria, but they took a narrow lead into the break. Moses Simon played the ball across the face of goal and, with Victor Osimhen lurking at the back post waiting for a tap-in, Opa Sangante smashed it into his own net. In an open second-half, Osimhen went close on a number of occasions to getting himself on the scoresheet, having one goal ruled out for handball after he scored from a yard out, and then heading wide when free six-yards out.
Franculino had the ball in the net for Guinea-Bissau, as they pushed for a late equaliser, but he was denied by the offside flag, as was Nigeria’s Zaidu Sanusi when he then thought he had scored seconds later. Nigeria did not find a second goal but it mattered not, as they saw out the match to secure a victory that sees them safely through. The Super Eagles finished second in Group A, behind Equatorial Guinea, and will face Senegal, Guinea or Cameroon in the last-16.
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Nigeria booked their place in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations as they picked up a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau.
The Super Eagles went into their final group-stage match knowing a point would secure their progression through to the last-16, though even defeat might still have left them qualifying as one of the best third-placed teams.
It was a relatively sluggish start from Nigeria, but they took a narrow lead into the break. Moses Simon played the ball across the face of goal and, with Victor Osimhen lurking at the back post waiting for a tap-in, Opa Sangante smashed it into his own net.
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Moses Simon gets the nod, having put in the cross that led to the own goal.
It hasn’t exactly been free-flowing attacking football from Nigeria, but they are safely into the knockout stages.
They’ve scored three goals across three matches, with two of those coming from a penalty and an own goal.
But they have been good enough at the back, conceding just once.
Two 1-0 wins, a 1-1 draw… last-16 placed secured.
So Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria go through.
Ivory Coast left to hope they can squeeze through as one of the best third-placed teams, but their goal difference has taken a battering.
Job done for Nigeria!
The Super Eagles were better in the second-half and it’s a win to round off their Group A campaign.
They go through as group winners, behind Equatorial Guinea.
90+4 mins: Bassey takes an absolute age over a throw-in, inevitable yellow card for time-wasting follows.
Just over a minute to go…
90 mins: Five minutes added on.
Somehow we haven’t had a goal in this half, it’s been so open.
87 mins: It’s a chaotic finish to this match. Guinea-Bissau piling numbers forward in search of an equaliser.
Ball swung into the middle, cleared out and Osimhen is then stopped from charging away on the counter. Was he fouled? Referee says no.
84 mins: Zaidu has the ball in the back of the net at the other end, after Osimhen’s initial shot was saved.
It’s offside again though!
83 mins: WOW.
Franculino hammers the ball into the Nigerian net, but the offside flag is up. Celebrations cut short.
VAR won’t rescue Guinea-Bissau either.
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