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Former Sports Minister, Hon. Dare Lauds Super Eagles On 2023 AFCON Qualification
The fast previous minister of Sports activities and Youth Improvement, Honourable Sunday Dare has congratulated the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria for his or her qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, to be hosted by Côte d’Ivoire, early subsequent yr.
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The Eagles secured the ticket with a hard-fought 3-2 victory in opposition to the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone, who hosted the penultimate tie within the qualifiers, in Monrovia, capital of Liberia.
Crimson-hot Napoli of Italy striker, Victor Osimhen netted a first-half brace to place Nigeria two targets up, however a objective in both half by the Leone Stars, pegged again the Tremendous Eagles, earlier than Kelechi Ihianacho scored deep in stoppage time, to seal the win for Nigeria, who regained high spot of Group A from Guinea Bissau, who are actually second with 10 factors, however have additionally certified for the Afcon finals.
Honourable Dare who adopted your entire match anxiously, described it as a troublesome match, on a plastic pitch that made it a bit troublesome for gamers of either side, who’re used to higher turfs.
The outgone sports activities minister mentioned he was much more fascinated by the comportment of the gamers after Sierra Leone fought again to make it 2-2. Based on him, that was the hallmark of a great crew, and scoring on the demise to win confirms that Nigeria’s standing as three-time African champions isn’t any fluke.
Additionally on Sunday, the Blue Sharks of Cape Varde and Eagles of Mali punched their tickets to the flagship event, with resounding victories.
On Saturday, 2012 champions Zambia and Equatorial Guinea joined Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, and Egypt, in reserving their locations for the thirty fourth version of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, to be staged in Côte d’Ivoire.
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