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Four years later, Nigeria returned to the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations. In contrast to the one revelation of the competition, Angola, he did not easily qualify this evening. But he expected that. Because from the start, it was the Angolans who almost opened the scoring with Mabululu (5th) but Nwabali pulled out all the stops. Finally, shortly before half time, it was Ademola Lookman (41st) who opened the scoring. score and which allowed his team to glimpse the door to the semi-finals.
Nigeria qualified for the last four for the first time!
The game proved explosive with a series of situations on both sides. If Bassi and Osimhen got in the way of a corner (58th), Angola immediately hit the post (60th). Three minutes later, it was Moses Simeone (63rd) who weakened Angola’s defense by forcing Gaspar to block his shot. In the 75th minute, Victor Osimhen thought he would make the break and kill the suspense but was flagged offside. He had another chance to do so a few minutes later (82nd) but Gaspar was once again the savior. The score ultimately remained there, Nigeria would be in the last four while Angola would be one of the revelations of this Ivorian edition.
In sum
Nigeria narrowly qualified for the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations this evening. Four years later, Nigeria returned to the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations. In contrast to the one revelation of the competition, Angola, he did not easily qualify this evening.
