The Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw at the Stade Nyamirambo in Kigali on Friday by Tunisia in the ongoing CHAN 2016.
The Super Eagles have to wait till
Tuesday’s final Group C match against Guinea in Gisenyi to make sure of a
place in the 4th African Nations Championship quarter finals, after
they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Stade Nyamirambo in Kigali on
Friday.
Nigeria, 4-1 winners against Niger
Republic on Monday, looked heavy in the opening minutes, though a fierce
shot by Ifeanyi Mathew was almost deflected into the Tunisian net by a
defender after seven minutes.
Mathew, Paul Onobi and Usman Mohammed
were bright in the Nigerian midfield, but the quick feet of the
Tunisians took them forward several times, and goalkeeper Ikechukwu
Ezenwa was by far the busier of the two minders in the first half.
Former junior international Ezenwa saved
well from Tunisia’s dangerman Ahmed Akaichi in the 14th minute, and
pulled off another 13 minutes later as the Carthage Eagles stepped on
the throttle.
Akaichi got the ball in the net a minute
to recess, but referee Joshua Bondo ruled that the ball had crossed the
line before it was pulled out for his powerful header.
Eagles’ ace Chisom Chikatara, who had
come off the bench to score a hat –trick in 16 minutes on Monday, got
Nigeria in front after 52 minutes when he powered home a good pass from
Paul Onobi.
Tunisia equalized through Akaichi in the
70th minute, and they would have won it afterwards but the diligent
Kalu Orji cleared off the line in the 77th minute and Ezenwa pulled off
another huge save on the dot of regulation time.
On Tuesday, the Eagles take on Guinea in Gisenyi while Tunisia, on two points, play Niger Republic in Kigali.
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