By Daily Sports on January 16, 2018
Nigeria kicked off the 2018 CAF African Nations Championship campaign on a wobbly start after failing to claim a win against Rwanda in their opening Group C match at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangiers, Morocco, on Monday.
The match ended in a barren draw.
The stalemate leaves the Super Eagles placed at No 2 in the group on one point behind Libya, who earlier beat Equatorial Guinea 3-0.
Nigeria's next encounter is against the Mediterranean Knights on Friday.
Despite a slow start, the Super Eagles pushed forward and hit the cross bar through Adelemi Faleye in the 10th minute with a header.
Coach Salisu Yusuf’s men did all the right things in the match, but their decision making in the final third left a lot to be desired as Stephen Eze and Faleye missed two clear-cut opportunities among other wasteful opportunies that could have put the country on the score sheet.
The Nigerians scored in the 58th minute through Eze after they were awarded a set piece, but it was disallowed for offside.
Rwanda walked away with a point to sit at No 3 from one match – their next match is against Equatorial Guinea this Friday. © Backpage TXT
•Photo shows Super Eagles.
Source Daily Sports
Posted January 16, 2018
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