Senegal’s Teranga Lions on Sunday in Egypt beat Nigeria’s Super Eagles 1-0 to affirm its high rating ahead of African Cup of Nations billed to kick off in Egypt on June 21, 2019.
It is Nigeria’s last warm-up game, before the tournament.
Super Eagles were held to a 0-0 draw by Zimbabwe penultimate Sunday, a day before they departed to Egypt, to continue their preparations for the continental showpiece.
The last encounter between the two West African nations ended 1-1, with Kelechi Iheanacho cancelling out Moussa Sow’s opener.
The Nigeria-Senegal game which took place in the evening was played behind closed doors.
A defensive mix up in the 20th minute exposed the Eagles’ defence and Idrissa Gueye capitalized on it to score the only goal of the match.
Nigeria came close to drawing level on a number of occasions with Odion Ighalo and Wilfred Ndidi almost leveling proceedings before the interval.
Both coaches, who agreed to the game being played behind closed doors, made good use of the opportunity to make their maximum changes. The better chances in the second half fell to the Nigerians with Samuel Chukwueze’s close range shot blocked with a last ditch tackle and substitute Oghenekaro Etebo’s free kick on the edge of the box rattling the cross bar.
In Nigeria’s starting 11 were Daniel Akpeyi, Samuel Kalu, Jamilu Collins, Kenneth Omeruo, William Ekong, John Ogu, Wilfred Ndidi, Mikel Obi, Alex Iwobi, Samuel Chukwueze and Odion Ighalo.
