The Super Eagles of Nigeria, this afternoon, defeated the Red Devils of Congo in an African Cup of Nations qualifying match played in Pointenoire, Congo Republic.
Two second half goals from returnee striker Ikechukwu
Uche-from the penalty spot-and China based forward, Aaron Samuel, ensured victory for the Nigerian
side in a match marred towards the end by crowd unruliness.
Prior to the match, Nigeria had recorded only four points from as many
games and in danger of being knocked out of the qualifiers, lying third in the
group standings behind South Africa and Congo.
With this latest victory,
however, the Eagles have now recorded seven points, same as the Congolese, but
now require only a victory over South Africa in the last round of qualifying
matches to seal their place in next year’s AFCON scheduled for Equatorial
Guinea early 2015.
The match against South Africa is set for Wednesday, at the
ultra modern Akwa Ibom International Stadium, also known as the ‘nest of
champions’, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Thumbs up for the Eagles… always
good at doing things the hard way.
