Morocco 2023: Nigeria Dream Team pockets Ahmed Musa’s N1 million with Tanzania triumph

Nigeria outwitted the East Africans to arrange a date with Guinea because the race for Morocco 2023 heats up

Nigeria U-23 nationwide males’s crew carved out a hard-fought 2-0 win over Tanzania in Ibadan on Saturday to advance to the third spherical of the u23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying collection.

The Dream Staff concluded the second-round fixtures with a 3-1 mixture victory over the Tanzanians.

After battling to a 1-1 attract Tanzania final weekend, coach Salisu Yusuf and his boys knew any method of win on residence soil would see off the problem of the East Africans.

And after a goalless first half, Timileyin Ogunniyi broke the impasse for the Dream Staff within the 62nd minute.

Success Makanjuola doubled Nigeria’s benefit through a well-struck penalty kick seven minutes later.

Laborious as they tried, the Tanzanians couldn’t break down the Nigerian defence till the tip of the encounter.

With the two-goal victory, the Dream Staff will get a money present of N1 million from Tremendous Eagles captain Ahmed Musa.

The Sivasspor ahead had promised the u23 facet 5 hundred thousand naira for each objective scored towards the Tanzanians in Ibadan.

@NGSuperEagles captain, Ahmed Musa in a telephone dialog with Nigeria’s U23 Staff, Olympic Eagles has promised the crew N500,000 per objective towards Tanzania on Saturday in Ibadan. pic.twitter.com/csWYegEoiy

— OyoNews (@OyoNews1) October 28, 2022

Other than the money reward, the Olympic Eagles have additionally sealed their passage to the third spherical of the Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifiers the place they’ll face Guinea u23 nationwide crew.

Nigeria will host the Guineans within the first leg of the two-legged qualifier on March 20, 2023, earlier than taking up the identical opponents seven days later within the return fixture.

The winner of the 2 encounter will progress to the Afcon correct to be hosted by Morocco in June subsequent 12 months.

The highest three groups at that event shall be Africa’s representatives on the 2024 Olympic Video games in France.

The Nigeria Dream Staff is the primary African facet to win soccer gold on the Olympics, attaining the feat at Atlanta ’96.

The crew has since received a silver medal on the 2008 version of the Olympics and a bronze in 2016.