Raphael Onyedika scored twice and Paul Onuachu netted his first worldwide objective in 4 years as Nigeria beat 10-man Uganda 3-1 on Tuesday to report a third win in Group C on the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco and ship the East African facet residence.
Nigeria completed high of the pool with 9 factors adopted by Tunisia and Tanzania, who reached the spherical of 16 as one of many 4 greatest third-placed sides following their 1-1 draw with Tunisia on Tuesday.
It was a dominant efficiency from Nigeria regardless of resting a number of regulars having already been assured of high spot within the group.
Uganda netted a comfort by Rogers Mato and used three goalkeepers in the sport following an damage and a purple card for Salim Magoola, one other calamity in a chaotic match for coach Paul Put’s facet.
Draw sufficient for Tanzania to achieve Cup of Nations final 16
Tanzania grabbed a second-half equaliser to carry Tunisia to a 1-1 draw of their final Group C encounter at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday and e book themselves a spot in the final 16.
It was solely Tanzania’s second level of the match however proved sufficient for them to advance as one of many 4 greatest third-placed finishers.
Feisal Salum’s highly effective shot three minutes into the second half was sufficient to safe the draw after Tunisia had been forward with a Forty third-minute penalty transformed by Ismael Gharbi.
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Tunisia ended second within the group behind Nigeria, who beat Uganda 3-1 in Fes on the identical time.
Luca Zidane’s influence praised by Algeria coach
Algeria can be trying to make it an ideal Africa Cup of Nations group part after they face Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday, notably in the event that they preserve one other clear sheet as goalkeeper Luca Zidane shines in Morocco.
The 2-time African champions began their marketing campaign with a 3-0 win over Sudan adopted by a 1-0 victory towards Burkina Faso to safe high spot in Group E wherein Zidane made essential saves to maintain Vladimir Petkovic’s facet in the sport.
Algeria saved one clear sheet in their earlier six video games at AFCON, the place they had been eradicated within the group stage in 2021 and 2023 respectively after being topped African champions within the 2019 version in Egypt.
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Nonetheless, since Luca Zidane, son of French World Cup-winning nice Zinedine, switched worldwide allegiance in September after enjoying for France as a junior, Algeria have saved two clear sheets in three video games with him in all competitions.
The 27-year-old Granada goalkeeper has tailored rapidly since turning into first alternative, Petkovic remarked.
“Zidane contributed considerably to each victories. He started to combine and achieve expertise in a brief time period,” the coach mentioned on Tuesday.
Regardless of solely being with the workforce since October, Zidane has not been shy about instructing his new teammates, defender Rayan Ait-Nouri mentioned.
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“Luca is a incredible individual. He built-in rapidly into the group, he’s very talkative on the pitch, and he offers us nice assist. He’s a participant and an individual who suits the workforce completely,” Ait-Nouri added.
One other clear sheet shouldn’t be too troublesome towards an Equatorial Guinea facet who’ve been eradicated from the match having scored as soon as in two video games.