Monday 18 January 2016

CHAN 2016: 'GOALRIOUS' GROUP C

Habeeb Akinfegbe

Clearly, group C of the ongoing CHAN is by far the most entertaining after the two matches played produced nine goals shared among all four teams. Abia Warriors star man Chisom Chikatara came off the bench and in less than 45 minutes became the highest goalscorer in the tournament after grabbing a hattrick to push Camara and Akaichi down the top scorer's chart; both players grabbed braces as Guinea took the fight to 2011 champions, Tunisia.

The first half was somehow frustrating for the coach, Sunday Oliseh who was handling the team in a major competition for the first time. The team was caught offside about seven time before the half came to a close.

The match came to life immediately from the start of the as Nigeria's first attack foray resulted in a goal from Moses Okoro after doing justice to a cross from Adeniji, the big number 9. Adeniji was not finding things easy then the coach brought on Chisom Chikatara for him and made his intentions known not long after by smashing a cracker of a second goal. Mosoes Okoro sent a cross from Nigeria's half and after two touches from Chisom it was celebration galore.

The Menas got one back with another cracker from Zakari Adebayor but it lasted few seconds as Chikatara took advantage of their loss of concentration to restore Nigeria's two goals advantage. Countless missed chances followed but the Super Eagles were then clearly in control of the game with amazing runs and passes from the trio of Moses Okoro on the right, Prince Aggreh on the left and Chisom Chikatara menacing the opponents' defence.

However on the dot of additional time he finally got his third goal and Nigeria's fourth. Nigeria face Tunisia on Friday 22nd by 2pm Nigerian time while Niger face Guinea in another stiff encounter by 5pm. Nigeria tops group C with 3 points and 3 goals advantage while Guinea and Tunisia are joint second on 1 point. Another win will definitely take the Super Eagles to the quarter finals

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