The national team of Nigeria beat Cameroon 2-0, Angola team Namibia 3-0, both of them get the ticket for the ¼ of the African Cup.
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the 1/8 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations are being played in Côte d’Ivoire, The game between Nigeria and Cameroon started with a big row and in the ninth minute, Semi Ajayi scored the first goal but the referee who used VAR still refused, saying that there was crying.
In the 20th minute, Cameroon tried to get in front of the goal but the Nigerian defenders were blocked by Karl Toko Ekambi and Frank Magri, In the 36th minute, defender Oumar Gonzalez made a mistake and passed the ball to Victor Osimhen who passed it to Ademola Lookman to score Nigeria’s first goal.
The first half ended with Nigeria beating Cameroon 1-0, The team continued to attack in the second half, with players like Lookman and Osimhen trying to score goals, In the 70th minute, Cameroon got a good ‘coup franc’ but George-Kevin shot it wrong and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali caught the ball well.
Nigeria would show great strength, once again the goal was scored on the ball Alex Iwobi went up and passed Lookman but Iwobi got in front of the goalkeeper and kicked it out, Soon, the two players stepped up again, Iwobi connected the ball to Calvin Bassey who then turned it in front of the goal, and Lookman scored Nigeria’s second goal in the 90th minute.
The match ended with the Nigerian national team beating Cameroon 2-0, reaching the ¼ of the African Cup, In the previous match, the Angolan National Team defeated Namibia 3-0, It means that on 1/4, Nigeria will meet Angola in a match scheduled for February 2, 2024 at 19:00.
This Sunday sees the continuation of the ⅛ matches where Equatorial Guinea play Guinea at 19:00, while Egypt without Mohamed Salah play the Democratic Republic of Congo at 22:00.
