GAROUA, Cameroun – The Super Eagles of Nigeria in far away Garoua, Cameroun put up a brilliant performance that gave the team 1-0 victory against Egypt.
The team displayed zeal from the start of the match and held on to the game with few misses till end of the encounter.
But it was the 30 minutes one touch kick in box 16 by Kelechi Iheanacho that sealed the game for the Super Eagles in a match many thought Egypt would have the upper hand
Statistically, Nigeria got the upper hand almost in every aspect of the game. Nigeria had 4 shots at goal against 2 by Egypt. As to shot on target, Nigeria had 6 while Egypt had just one.
Ball possession, Nigeria had 58 percent against 42 by Egypt. Nigeria also had 6 corner kicks, while Egypt had 3. In terms of throw-in Nigeria had 24 against 20 by Egypt.
However Nigeria had 6 goal kicks against 9 by Egypt.
