Egypt’s star man Mohammed Salah stunned Samson Siasia’s men in Kaduna
this evening after rallying late to score an extra-time goal that
leaves the Super Eagles’ chances of qualifying for next year’s African
Cup of Nations event in jeopardy.
Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s caretaker coach for the qualifiers after Sunday
Oliseh’s shock resignation started the match with Odion Ighalo , Ahmed
Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho staring in a three- pronged attack for the
host team.
Obaobona started in the heart of the defence for the super Eagles
while new captain John Mikel Obi started alongside Etebo in the heart of
midfield as Siasia wanted his team to come out with all three points at
home ahead of a tricky away tie in Egypt.
Nigeria pressurized in the first half with efforts from Etebo, Odion
Ighalo and Kelechi Iheanacho unable to break the Egyptian defence down
as the match ended 0-0 in the first half.
The second half began with Oghenekaro Etebo scoring in the 59th minute
after an Iheanacho shot caused a rebound to which Etebo gladly put into
the net.
Alex Iwobi was introduced with 8 minutes to go as he made his first
competitive debut for Nigeria and tried with his teammates to increase
Nigeria’s lead over Egypt
Nigeria had chances to increase their lead with efforts from Etebo, Victor Moses and Ighalo unable to increase the lead.
With three minutes of extra time added, Mohammed Salah , Egypt’s star
man scoring after the Nigerian defence played him onside, much to the
delight of the away team.
The pain and sadness on Samson Siasia’s face was too evident to see
as 20,000 Nigerian fans at the stadium in Kaduna left unhappy after
seeing the home team drop two valuable points.
At the moment, Egypt are on top of group G with seven points from two
matches, while Nigeria are two points behind with only the overall
group winners guaranteed automatic passage to AFCON 2017 in Gabon.
Title : AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria 1-1 Egypt (Super Eagles stunned by last minute equalizer)
Description : Egypt’s star man Mohammed Salah stunned Samson Siasia’s men in Kaduna this evening after rallying late to score an extra-time goal that ...