(Reuters) -Striker Sadiq Umar scored his first objective for Nigeria as they eased to a 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau within the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday to make sure a full haul of 9 factors in Group D and oust their opponents from the match.
Umar, who has been criticised for some evident misses in earlier video games, netted when Kelechi Iheanacho’s wonderful move with the skin of his boot throughout the objective supplied a tap-in for the tall ahead on the again publish.
Nigeria have been in cruise management and scored a second as William Troost Ekong netted from close-range after Moses Simon had hit the crossbar following a mazy run into the field.
Nigeria had already gained the pool earlier than kickoff, however grew to become the one group to enter the second spherical with three wins. Egypt completed second with six factors, whereas Guinea-Bissau and Sudan ended with some extent every.
The end result ensured Cape Verde and Malawi advance as two of the 4 finest third-placed groups within the group levels, with the latter reaching the knockout rounds for the primary time.
Nigeria have been slick and trendy within the matches up to now and whereas not fairly at their finest on this one, coach Augustine Eguavoen was capable of make eight modifications with the job already accomplished within the pool.
Guinea-Bissau have now failed to attain of their final seven Cup of Nations matches spanning three finals, the primary time a aspect has gone so lengthy with no objective. They are additionally ready for his or her first ever win.
They hardly ever threatened Nigeria and the closest they got here was a free kick that whistled simply previous the publish with Nigeria goalkeeper Francis Uzoho struggling to make up the bottom.
There was a protracted Video Assistant Referee examine for a possible offside on Nigeria’s second objective after 75 minutes as Ekong reacted quickest to show the ball residence, however the determination ultimately went his manner in what appeared a decent name.
(Reporting by Nick SaidEditing by Toby Davis)
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