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AFCON: Super Eagles of Nigeria Beat Lions of Cameroun 2-0 To Qualify For Round 8

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10 months ago

27 January 2024

Paul Orude

A much improved Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the quarter finals of the 2023 African Nations Cup after beating the Lions of Cameroun 2-0

Ademola Lookman scored all the two goals in the first and second half of the game respectively to set what promises to be in interesting encounter with Angola in the quarter final.

Angola, which qualified top of the group after beating Namibia 3-0 earlier in the day, is yet to lose a match in the AFCON as Nigeria

Nigeria’s goal keeper Nwabili was injured in the 77th minute of the game and was replaced by Vincent Uzoho

Cameroun brought in their talisman Vincent Abubakar in the second half but could not make any impact as the Super Eagles defence marshaled by captain Ekong neutralized the opponents.

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