Nigeria v Egypt: How Super Eagles wrecked Pharaoh’s ship

Oladipupo Mojeed Leading Stories, Sports 12/01/2022

The Super Eagles of Nigeria needed just a solitary strike from Kelechi Iheanacho to get the three times winners maximum points in their opening game against Egypt.

There had been a lot of frenzy before the game with much attention on Egyptian striker, Mohammed Salah.

Having noted that the stars to watch out for in both teams were Iheanacho and Salah, it was the Leicester City striker that eventually smiled.

His strike capped off a god performance from Nigeria that kept on creating chances and reducing the treat that Salah carried. Nigeria through him found the back of the net on 30 minutes as the Super Eagles overcame lacklustre Egypt 1-0 in a clash of Group D big guns in the northwestern city of Garoua.

His match-winner and overall performance earned Iheanacho the man-of-the-match award on a day when prolific Liverpool scorer Salah and Manchester City winger Mahrez failed to sparkle.

Kenneth Omeruo kept Mohammed Salah at bay during their AFCON 2022 clash in Cameroon (Image : AFP)

Captain Salah who was isolated for much of the clash was frustrated at the Stade Roumde Adjia. When he did get a scoring chance in the second half, his prod was saved by the boot of goalkeeper Maduka Okoye.

By this result Nigeria out of the eight meetings with Egypt have won four and drawn two.