Lokman Doubles Fires Nigeria To Quarterfinals Against Angola
In a competitive AFCON competition, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated the indomitable Lions of Cameroon to book their spot in the quarterfinals against Angola. Nigeria broke the deadlock in the first half after VAR ruled out their first goal.
Nigeria has scored 5 goals in all competitions, conceded just one goal. While Cameroon has scored 5 and conceded 8 goals.
Nigeria took an early lead but the VAR ruled it out. The Super Eagles continued to put pressure on the defense of the Cameroon side, but lacks the finishing touches.
Not until the 36th minute, when Nigeria broke the deadlock. Ademola Lokman is on target to give Nigeria a 1-0 advantage.
Vincent Abubakar came in second half. Abubakar was the highest goal scorer in the AFCON 2021. Recall that PitakwaNews reported that Abubakar couldn’t start the Cameroon group matches because of his knee injury.
Nwabali was replaced by Francis Uzoho. Nwabali got a knee injury, where he was pulled out from a stretcher.
Nigeria doubled the lead, thanks to Lokman who made the mark with his second goal in the game.
Early Onana absent in the starting lineup has generated a lot of talking points. Football lovers think if Onana couldn’t make the starting lineup, then why was he called.
Recall that Onana only played the game between Senegal where the Cameroon were beaten 3-1
FULL LISTS: AFCON 2023 Top 10 Scorers
- Gelson Dala 4 (Angola)
- Emilio Lopez 3 (Equatorial Guinea)
- Agostinho Critovao 3 (Angola)
- Lamine Camara 2 (Senegal)
- Baghdad Boundjah 2 (Algeria)
- Mohammed Kudus 2 (Ghana)
- Bertrand Traore 2 (Burkina Faso)
- Themba Zwane 2 (South Africa)
- Emilio Nsue 2 (Equatorial Guinea)
- Jordan Ayew 2 (Ghana)
2023 AFCON ROUND OF 16 RESULTS
Angola 3 vs 0 Namibia
Nigeria 2 vs 0 Cameroon
2023 AFCON ROUND OF 16 FIXTURES
Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea 18:00PM / January 28th
Egypt vs DR Congo 21:00PM / January 28th
Cape Verde vs Mauritania 18:00PM / January 29th
Senegal vs Ivory Coast 21:00PM / January 29th
Mali vs Burkina Faso 18:00PM / January 30th
Morocco vs South Africa 21:00PM / January 30th
