The Super Eagles booked their spot in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday after a dramatic 3-2 win over Sierra Leone in their Group A clash at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia on Sunday night, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
• Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze vying with Sierra Leone defenders during their AFCON qualifier at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Liberia... on Sunday.
But Kelechi Iheanacho’s stoppage-time winner earned the Eagles all three points and qualification for the continental showpiece with a game to spare. Nigeria thus moved back to the top of Group A with 12 points from five matches, ahead of Guinea-Bissau, who were top of the log with 10 points — after their 1-0 win over group’s whipping boys Sao Tome and Principe — before Sunday’s clash in Monrovia.Osimhen gave Nigeria a well deserved lead in the 19th minute with a chip over Sierra Leone goalkeeper Ibrahim Sesay, following a long ball from centre-back and captain of the day Kenneth Omeruo.
Villarreal man Samuel Chukwueze missed the chance to double Nigeria’s lead in the 27th minute but he shot straight at Sesay after he was put through on goal by Osimhen. Osimhen then doubled the Eagles lead two minutes after the hour mark for his seventh goal of the qualifiers, after the Leone Stars defence failed to clear the ball inside the area following a Moses Simon cross.
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