Nigeria put behind their tumultuous build-up to the Africa Cup of Nations by beating Egypt on Tuesday with a display that sent out out an early warning to their rivals in Cameroon.
Nigeria had fired coach Gernot Rohr just weeks before the tournament, scraped through the recent World Cup qualifiers in unconvincing fashion and also lost key forward Victor Osimhen to injury. The Nigeria Football Federation also failed to send out call up letters in time for strikers Emmanuel Dennis and Odion Ighalo, whose clubs then refused to relaese them for the tournament in Cameroon.
Algeria had several chances but struggled with the heat in Douala and failed to break through a resolute defence, where former England international Steven Caulker was making his debut. He switched his international allegiance on the eve of the tournament.“We are very proud of you, our Leone Stars,” he said.
However, Nigeria should have added at least a couple more goals in what was the best performance by a team in the finals so far.
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