Nigeria will feature at the Rio 2016 Olympics as African
champions after defeating Algeria 2-1 in the final of the
African U23 championship played at the Stade Leopold
Sedar Senghor on Saturday night.
Etebo Oghenekaro, the competition’s top scorer repeated his
fluency and brilliance in front of goal as he scored the goals
that handed the Dream Team VI their first Africa U23
diadem.
The dogged north Africans got a life line as Segun Oduduwa
nodded home Zinedine Ferhat’s cross but the Nigerians
stayed stanch with goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel saving
Ferhat’s penalty in the second half.
It was the first time Nigeria had conceded in the first half of
the competition but it came to a bitter pill to swallow for
Pierre Andre Schurmann’s team who failed to convert their
chances in both halves.
Victor Osimhen passed up a glorious chance in the first
minute of the game and the 16-year-old also had couples of
chances thrown away.
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