At the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, Nigeria cruised into the quarter-finals with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Mozambique with Victor Osimhen’s double.
Read more about Super Eagles’ victory over Tunisia in the 2016 AFCON round.
After 20 minutes in Fes, Ademola Lookman, a former African Footballer of the Year award, opened the scoring before helping to score the other three goals.
Before scoring Nigeria’s second goal in 25 minutes, Osimhen had started the game without his signature mask.
Before Akor Adams’ signature victory, he then scored again just before half-time.
Since Egypt hammered Algeria 4-0 in the semi-finals of the 2010 tournament in Angola, it is the biggest winning margin in an AFCON knockout tie.
The Super Eagles will go to a last-eight tie against Algeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in Marrakech, determined to make up for their lack of World Cup eligibility.
A victory over the Leopards in a World Cup qualifying play-off on Tuesday would give Nigeria a chance to reclaim their defeat on penalties against the Leopards in a game that they will face in the last 16.
After advancing as one of the best third-placed teams in the group stage, Mozambique made its debut in the knockout phase of an AFCON.
They could not compete with a Nigerian team that had drastically changed since their final group game when coach Eric Chelle gave them a chance to play a few unproven players in a 3-1 victory over Uganda.
Lookman, one of the Atalanta forwards who scored in the second group game to defeat Tunisia, was brought back into the starting lineup. As the halfway point of the first half approached, Africa’s best player in 2024 gave his side the lead.
Adams was released on the left side of the box by Alex Iwobi’s through ball, and Lookman first converted his cutback.
The 28-year-old then turned provider, scoring from close range from close range with Adams’ assist in the 25th minute.
The Galatasaray striker quickly recovered from a challenge with Witi, which resulted in Osimhen being kneed in the stomach.
Osimhen’s low ball, which Lookman had earlier sent across the left-facing goal, was blocked in the 47th minute, putting an end to any hope of a Mozambique comeback.
Before scoring against Tunisia in the group stage, the 2023 African player of the year had lost seven of his AFCON matches without scoring. He now has three at the Moroccan championship.
With a quarter of an hour left, Lookman was not finished for the night, as he had already stuffed Adams inside the box and fired a high shot into the net.
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