Kelechi Iheanacho Victor Osimhen Manchester South Africa Algeria Tunisia Egypt Senegal Cape Verde Burkina Faso Morocco Leicester Mali Ivory Coast Zambia Nigeria Liberia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone soccer cup as Kelechi Iheanacho Victor Osimhen Manchester South Africa Algeria Tunisia Egypt Senegal Cape Verde Burkina Faso Morocco Leicester Mali Ivory Coast Zambia Nigeria Liberia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone

Iheanacho grabs late winner as Nigeria qualify for Africa Cup of Nations

news24.com

Victor Osimhen scored twice and Kelechi Iheanacho snatched an added-time winner as Nigeria edged Sierra Leone 3-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations thriller on Sunday to qualify for the finals.READ | Bafana boss Broos thrilled after Morocco triumph: 'You don't build a team in one day'Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mali also booked places at the African showpiece from 13 January in the Ivory Coast, raising the number of qualifiers to 14.Hosts the Ivory Coast, holders Senegal, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia had already secured places for the 24-team finals.Nigeria needed a draw in Liberia - the temporary home of Sierra Leone as they do not have an international-standard stadium - to clinch qualification on matchday five.The Super Eagles made a strong start, building a two-goal lead within 32 minutes thanks to Napoli star Osimhen.Top scorer in the last Serie A season, the 24-year-old has been linked with Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.His first goal came from a perfectly weighted lob over 18-year-old goalkeeper Ibrahim Sesay and he later pushed the ball into the net in a goalmouth scramble.Sierra Leone pulled one goal back before half-time thanks to Mustapha Bundu and levelled through Augustus Kargbo with six minutes of regular time remaining.Iheanacho, whose Leicester City team were relegated from the Premier League last month, struck five minutes into added time by pushing a low Zaidu Sanusi cross over the goal line.Nigeria and Sierra Leone often produce drama when they meet with the visiting Leone Stars wiping out a four-goal deficit after 29 minutes to draw 4-4 in a 2021 Cup of Nations qualifier.

Related News
Bayern Munich dikabarkan mengincar Victor Osimhen dari Napoli. Meski demikian, Bayern tidak akan membayar mahal untuk striker Nigeria itu.
Jalan Manchester United mau rekrut Victor Osimhen sepertinya berat. Sang striker siap perpanjang kontrak di Napoli dan akan punya klausul fantastis!
Leicester City unveil new signing Wilfred Ndidi at the King Power Stadium on January 05 , 2017 in Leicester. Photo by Leicester City FC
Super Eagles striker, Taiwo Awoniyi,<br />visits his alma mater, Adetunji Nursery & Primary School & Govt Day secondary school in Ilorin… PHOTO: Twitter/PoojaMedia
Victor Osimhen dikaitkan dengan beberapa klub top di bursa transfer musim panas tahun ini. Namun, dia menegaskan kecintaannya dengan Napoli.
The West Indies will not be part of the upcoming ODI World Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament after being eliminated from the Qualifiers - a result that plunged country's cricket to an unimaginable low, on Saturday. Coming into the do-or-die Super Six contest, West Indies, packed with some bona-fide T20 superstars, suffered an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat against Scotland after managing a modest 181 in 43.5 overs. It was an impressive show by the Scots, especially by all-rouder Brandon McMullen, who first took three wickets, and then scored a patient 69 off 106 balls to steer his side to a famous victory.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.