NIGERIA BEAT GUINEA-BISSAU 1-0 TO ADVANCE TO AFCON KNOCKOUT STAGES – Opa Sangante own goal gives Super Eagles victory
Nigeria are safely through to the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau, who exit the competition at the group stage.
An own-goal by defender Opa Sangante, who lunged in to stop the ball from reaching an unmarked Victor Osimhen after 36 minutes, was enough to separate the two teams in a game that was far more evenly-matched that their respective rankings would have suggested.
The Super Eagles had the best of the chances, with Osimhen the constant threat, and they had two goals disallowed, both due to handballs by the Napoli centre-forward.
