{"id":33032,"date":"2019-07-06T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=33032"},"modified":"2019-07-06T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:10:03","slug":"nigeria-defeats-arch-rival-cameroon-picks-afcons-quarter-finals-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-defeats-arch-rival-cameroon-picks-afcons-quarter-finals-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Defeats Arch Rival Cameroon, Picks AFCON\u2019s Quarter Finals Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have qualified for the quarter final stage of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The tension-soaked match in Alexandria home of the Eagles at the tournament however produced five goals, three for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The age-long rivalry of the two neighbors and power brokers of African football was renewed but the West Africans were better than their central African rivals in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerians would be missed in their Alexandria stadium base where they had played four games winning three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have two days more to recuperate and we are not going to play in Alexandria again. We are going away from home, a nice city,\u201d said Gernot Rorh, coach of the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Two goals scorer, Odion Ighalo was grateful to God for the win. \u201cI am very happy. I thank God we won the game, it was a difficult game but we fought very hard from start to the finish and this is a very good team work, this is very good for the team. We altogether congratulate the team,\u201d he said, adding that, \u201cWe can score goal, we played better in the first half even though we were losing the game, we had to change the game plan and the goals came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second game of the day would take place in Cairo between the host Egypt and winner of the 1996 edition, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>While Egypt is favoured being the home team, football is dynamic as the Bafana Bafana are also battle ready to contend for the ticket which is still available.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Nigerian cities are agog in celebration of the win against arch rivals, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration would definitely go into the night as football fans are elated and waiting for the result of the Egypt versus South Africa match which would determine the next opponents of the eagles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Match statistics revealed that Nigeria had 40% ball possession while Cameroon had 60%.\u00a0 Meanwhile Nigeria had 12(8) shots at goal while Cameroon had 11(6).<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria had 18 fouls and Cameron had 14. There were 13 corner kicks out of which Nigeria had six. Cameroon had two of the three yellow cards of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The central Africans were caught in offside positions four times while the Super Eagles were found once. The two teams made three substitutions each.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have qualified for the quarter final stage of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON). The tension-soaked match in Alexandria home of the Eagles at the tournament however produced five goals, three for Nigeria. 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