Super Eagles of Nigeria continues with their blistering form as they made it a double victory over Libya in the Group E AFCON qualifiers. The 3 times African champions have failed to qualified for the biannual Africa's most glamorous competition in sequences which has raised the expectations by the teeming who are not ready to watch the 32nd edition of tje tournament without their darling team participating.
Libya were also looking forward to qualify for the tournament after a long time absent due to culmilative factors one of which was expressively detailed in previous reportshttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3877602094780288620#allposts/src=sidebar
Eagles drew the first blood via in-form Changchun Yatai fc prolific striker Odion Ighalo. Ighalo picked up from where he left his goalscoring touch in the last marches as he fires home Eagles to a 14mins lead against the run of play. 4mins later Ahmed Musa made it 2-0 which made seemingly difficult for the North Africa side to come back.
But the Libyans who are on their own a formidable side, steering at defeat, rejigged their game plans and stage a comeback. Mohamed Zubya made it 2-1 in the 35mins while the come back was completed in the 74mins by Ahmed Benali after the Mediterranean have increased the tempo of the game.
The match looks though as if it's going to end in a draw but one man who rose to stardom from the slum part of Lagos state in Ajegule shows why remains the right man to lead the super eagles attack by nicking the winner in the 81mins which bring his total tally to 6 goals in the qualifying series.
After the victory, Gernot Rohr have this to say;
Coach Gernot Rohr:
“I congratulate my team for this victory. It was a huge test of our character. We lost a 2 goal lead but fought hard instead of dropping our heads. We will stay humble because we have not qualified for AFCON yet. We keep fighting.”
That sure sounds like a rhetoric of a gaffer who understands the task at hand.
Meanwhile, Seychelles were forced to a goalless draw by Bafana Bafana of South Africa in other match of the group. South Africa who were topping the group with 7 points before the Day 4 round of matches now moved to 2nd while Super Eagles of Nigeria now tops the group with 9 points with two round of matches left to be played.
In a related development, Madagascar became the first country to qualify for the tournament along side the host Nation, Cameroon. The CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's home country secured their first ever qualifications courtesy of Njiva Rakotoharimalala 42mins lone strike against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal equally secure their qualification later in the day after beaten Sudan 1-0 in Khartoum. Senegal and Madagascar are joint leaders of the group tops the Group A with
Eagles drew the first blood via in-form Changchun Yatai fc prolific striker Odion Ighalo. Ighalo picked up from where he left his goalscoring touch in the last marches as he fires home Eagles to a 14mins lead against the run of play. 4mins later Ahmed Musa made it 2-0 which made it seemingly difficult for the North African side to come back.
But the Libyans who are on their own a formidable side, steering at defeat, rejigged their game plans and stage a comeback. Mohamed Zubya made it 2-1 in the 35mins while the come back was completed in the 74mins by Ahmed Benali after the Mediterranean have increased the tempo of the game plan.
The match looks though as if it's going to end in a draw but one man who rose to stardom from the slum part of Lagos state in Ajegule shows why he remains the right man to lead the super eagles attack by nicking the winner in the 81mins which brings his total tally to 6 goals in the qualifying series.
After the victory, Gernot Rohr have this to say;
“I congratulate my team for this victory. It was a huge test of our character. We lost a 2 goal lead but fought hard instead of dropping our heads. We will stay humble because we have not qualified for AFCON yet. We keep fighting.”
That sure sounds like a rhetoric of a gaffer who understands the task at hand.
Meanwhile, Seychelles were forced to a goalless draw by Bafana Bafana of South Africa in other match of the group. South Africa who were topping the group with 7 points before Day 4 round of matches now moved to 2nd while Super Eagles of Nigeria tops the group with 9 points with two round of matches left to be played.
In a related development, Madagascar became the first country to qualify for the tournament along side the host Nation, Cameroon. The CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's home country secured their first ever qualifications courtesy of Njiva Rakotoharimalala 42mins lone strike against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal equally secure their qualification later in the day after beaten Sudan 1-0 in Khartoum. Senegal and Madagascar are joint leaders of Group A with 10 points apiece while Equatorial Guinea and Sundan have three and zero points respectively with two round of matches remaining.
Libya were also looking forward to qualify for the tournament after a long time absent due to culmilative factors one of which was expressively detailed in previous reportshttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3877602094780288620#allposts/src=sidebar
Eagles drew the first blood via in-form Changchun Yatai fc prolific striker Odion Ighalo. Ighalo picked up from where he left his goalscoring touch in the last marches as he fires home Eagles to a 14mins lead against the run of play. 4mins later Ahmed Musa made it 2-0 which made seemingly difficult for the North Africa side to come back.
But the Libyans who are on their own a formidable side, steering at defeat, rejigged their game plans and stage a comeback. Mohamed Zubya made it 2-1 in the 35mins while the come back was completed in the 74mins by Ahmed Benali after the Mediterranean have increased the tempo of the game.
The match looks though as if it's going to end in a draw but one man who rose to stardom from the slum part of Lagos state in Ajegule shows why remains the right man to lead the super eagles attack by nicking the winner in the 81mins which bring his total tally to 6 goals in the qualifying series.
After the victory, Gernot Rohr have this to say;
Coach Gernot Rohr:
“I congratulate my team for this victory. It was a huge test of our character. We lost a 2 goal lead but fought hard instead of dropping our heads. We will stay humble because we have not qualified for AFCON yet. We keep fighting.”
That sure sounds like a rhetoric of a gaffer who understands the task at hand.
Meanwhile, Seychelles were forced to a goalless draw by Bafana Bafana of South Africa in other match of the group. South Africa who were topping the group with 7 points before the Day 4 round of matches now moved to 2nd while Super Eagles of Nigeria now tops the group with 9 points with two round of matches left to be played.
In a related development, Madagascar became the first country to qualify for the tournament along side the host Nation, Cameroon. The CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's home country secured their first ever qualifications courtesy of Njiva Rakotoharimalala 42mins lone strike against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal equally secure their qualification later in the day after beaten Sudan 1-0 in Khartoum. Senegal and Madagascar are joint leaders of the group tops the Group A with
Eagles drew the first blood via in-form Changchun Yatai fc prolific striker Odion Ighalo. Ighalo picked up from where he left his goalscoring touch in the last marches as he fires home Eagles to a 14mins lead against the run of play. 4mins later Ahmed Musa made it 2-0 which made it seemingly difficult for the North African side to come back.
But the Libyans who are on their own a formidable side, steering at defeat, rejigged their game plans and stage a comeback. Mohamed Zubya made it 2-1 in the 35mins while the come back was completed in the 74mins by Ahmed Benali after the Mediterranean have increased the tempo of the game plan.
The match looks though as if it's going to end in a draw but one man who rose to stardom from the slum part of Lagos state in Ajegule shows why he remains the right man to lead the super eagles attack by nicking the winner in the 81mins which brings his total tally to 6 goals in the qualifying series.
After the victory, Gernot Rohr have this to say;
“I congratulate my team for this victory. It was a huge test of our character. We lost a 2 goal lead but fought hard instead of dropping our heads. We will stay humble because we have not qualified for AFCON yet. We keep fighting.”
That sure sounds like a rhetoric of a gaffer who understands the task at hand.
Meanwhile, Seychelles were forced to a goalless draw by Bafana Bafana of South Africa in other match of the group. South Africa who were topping the group with 7 points before Day 4 round of matches now moved to 2nd while Super Eagles of Nigeria tops the group with 9 points with two round of matches left to be played.
In a related development, Madagascar became the first country to qualify for the tournament along side the host Nation, Cameroon. The CAF President Ahmad Ahmad's home country secured their first ever qualifications courtesy of Njiva Rakotoharimalala 42mins lone strike against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal equally secure their qualification later in the day after beaten Sudan 1-0 in Khartoum. Senegal and Madagascar are joint leaders of Group A with 10 points apiece while Equatorial Guinea and Sundan have three and zero points respectively with two round of matches remaining.
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