THE SUPER Eagles of Nigeria on Monday beat Guinea Bissau via an own goal to advance to the Round of 16 at ongoing 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire as Group A runners-up after Equatorial Guinea as group winners, beating hosts, Côte d’Ivoire 4-0.
In their match played at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan, the Super Eagles were lacklustre and struggled to maintain the one goal score line that resulted from an own goal by their Guinea Bissau opponents in the 37th minute.
A Simon Moses pull-out from the left flank had put the Guinea-Bissau defence on the edge.
With Victor Osimhen advancing into the goal area, Opa Sangante miserably bundled the ball past his goalkeeper into the net for the match’s lone goal.
With the Super Eagles suffering a few injuries and some key players rested, they struggled to keep this up, and were rather on the back foot mostly.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the result made it two wins and one draw for seven points from three matches for Nigeria to finish second.
They will now meet the Group C runners-up in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea beat hosts Côte d’Ivoire 4-0 to win Group A, advancing into the second round ahead of Nigeria. Cote d’Ivoire can still join the two from the group in the round of 16, depending on the results from other groups. (NAN)
