Nigeria's Super Eagles claimed the bronze medal in their first African
Nations Championship outing after a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-men
Zimbabwean team in Cape Town on Saturday.
Chinonso Obiozor scored the only goal of the third-place playoff in the
final five minutes as the Super Eagles labored past their stubborn
opponents.Zimbabwe midfielder Masimba Mambare got an early blow as he was shown a deserved red card for a high boot into the shoulder of Nigeria goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim and the Warriors had to play 72 minutes with 10 men.
Goal-scoring chances were few and far between, but the better ones fell to Nigeria with Simba Sithole’s shot straight at Agbim the only effort on target for Zimbabwe in the game.
Obiozor, playing his first match of the competition, looked a constant threat with his pace and power and having come close on a number of occasions, finally got his reward on 85 minutes.
Ejike Uzoenyi’s crossed the ball from the right-hand side and was beautifully headed home by Obiozor.
Nigeria’s advantage was never seriously threatened after that and they were able to hold on for the bronze medal to go with the gold they won at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa a year ago.
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