The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been knocked out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Captain Youssef Msakni scored with a long range shot to hand a Covid ravaged Tunisian team an unexpected 1-0 win over Nigeria in Garoua, to advance to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
Youssef powered home a low shot from outside the penalty area, two minutes into the second half. The only goal bundled Nigeria out of the tournament.
Alex Iwobi saw red, after a reckless tackle within a few minutes of coming on as a substitute.
This is seen as a shocker from a team that finished best loser against a team that finished their group games with a hundred percent record.
Nigeria will be ruing the chances missed as Moses Simon, Wilfred Ndidi and Samuel Chukwueze missed early in the first five minutes.
The Eagles of Carthage defended well and made sure they dominated more of the possession play.
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Nigeria went behind and never come back
In the Group stage, Tunisia started with a 1-0 defeat to Mali, before they humbled Mauritania 4-0. They fell 1-0 to newcomers, Gambia in the AFCON stage in the last group match. This made them qualify as one of the best losers. For the Super Eagles, they stopped Egypt 1-0, saw off Sudan 3-1 and handed Guinea Bissau a 2-0 defeat.
The Eagles of Carthage who have only won the AFCON once in 2004. They will now face Burkina Faso in the quarter-final stage.
Now that the Eagles are out, the next schedule for them is to face the Black Stars of Ghana in the final World Cup qualifiers.
Unfortunately, this is the first time the Super Eagles conceded first in the competition and never came back.
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