On paper, the match’s statistics was even, 50-50, most of the time. But after regulation time, it was Nigeria’s Super Eagles that laughed last, winning the bronze medal of the soon-to-be-concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations competition holding in Egypt.
It was a night bronze was almost as sweet and good as gold as the Super Eagles soared and shone like a thousand stars in the azure sky of Cairo, beating Tunisia 1-0 to maintain their impressive winning record in third-placed matches at the biennial competition.
The third-place game at Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday night was determined with the opening three minutes as Odion Ighalo scored the only goal of the match in the 3rd minute.
The goal is Ighalo’s fifth in the competition and it may just be good enough to strengthen his chances of winning the Golden Boot.
Adam Ounas or Sadio Mane will need to score a hat-trick to overtake Ighalo in the final.
