The Super Eagles of Nigeria has broken a 29-year old jinx after beating Egypt in an international friendly in Asaba courtesy of a Paul Onuachu’s 1st minute strike.
2019 Friendlies
1-0
Match Events
1' GOAL! Nigeria 1-0 Egypt (Onuachu)
Paul Onuachu scores inside 20 seconds from kickoff after a poor clearance from Egpyt falls kindly to him as he volleyed past the goalkeeper. 1-0 to Nigeria.
32: YELLOW CARD! The first caution of the match comes to an Egyptian after colliding with Troost-Ekong as his protests to the referee but falls on deaf ears. Players take water break to cool off the heat.
69: OFFSIDE! Egypt make a promising attack but the linesman spots a player in an offside position to the relief of the Nigerian team.
Match reports:
Paul Onuachu scored a spectacular winner as Nigeria defeated Egypt 1-0 to start their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Cup on a positive note at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Tuesday.
It took only 10 seconds of play for the FC Midtjylland forward to score what would be the matchwinner against Javier Aguirre’s men - hosts of the Afcon finals in June.
Leon Balogun and John Ogu were the only changes in the defence and midfield respectively from Seychelles win. In attack, Onuachu was handed his full debut and Moses Simon returned to start a Nigeria game after almost two years [against Zambia in October 2017] on the fringes. Henry Onyekuru completed the attacking trident as Daniel Akpeyi led from the back.
Line-ups
Nigeria XI: L. Balogun, J. Ogu, D. Akpeyi, W. Troost-Ekong, A. Iwobi, P. Onuachu, J. Collins, A. Shehu, Moses Simon, W. Ndidi, Henry Onyekuru
Subs: O. Ighalo, I. Ezenwa, K. Omeruo, S. Ajayi, F. Uzoho, O. Etebo, C. Awaziem, Osimhen, D. Okereke, N. Udo, V. Ozornwafor
Egypt XI: Tarek Hamed, Omar Gaber, M.Elneny, Mahmoud Alaa , Trézéguet, Mahmoud Gennesh, Mohamed Hany, Baher El Mohamady, Mostafa Mohamed, Salah Mohsen, Islam Gaber
Subs: Ahmed Al Shenawy, Mohamed Abougabal, Karim Hafez, Amr Warda, Nabil Emad Dunga, Abdel Rahman Magdi, Omar Ammar