The Nigerian national U-23 team called the ‘Super Eagles’, may not be super after all, as they lost a 4 goal lead and were held to a draw by Sierra Leone’s national team yesterday.
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The match which was an Afcon Qualification fixture, was held at Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, and the eagles took advantage of their home turf as Alex Iwobi scored a brace, while Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze added 1 goal each to the tally, which gave them a 4 goal lead in the first half.
However, The Super Eagles failed to hold on to their lead as the Sierra leoneans- who seemed to have been inspired by their late goal in the first half- surprisingly came up from behind them, to bring the match level and forced the game into an 8 goal draw.
The Eagles led by Gernot Rohr, still remain on top of Group L with a total of 7 points, while Benin Republic comes second with three points.
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