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@kfm Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:43:28

Nigeria not worried about lack of goals after reaching AFCON last 16

By AFP Nigeria star Moses Simon dismissed concerns about the Super Eagles’ misfiring attack after they needed an own goal to beat minnows Guinea-Bissau 1-0 and secure a place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations. “We don’t care if we score 20 goals, the most important thing for us is the victory,” Nantes forward Simon said after collecting his award for man of the match. The only goal of Monday’s encounter at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan came in the 36th minute, as a low cross by Simon was emphatically turned into his own net by defender Opa Sangante, who had Victor Osimhen lurking behind him. The result took the Super Eagles through to […]

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