Super Eagles crush Mozambique to reach AFCON quarterfinals
Nigeria’s Super Eagles powered into the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals with a dominant 4 0 victory over Mozambique at the Complexe Sportif de Fès in Morocco. Victor Osimhen scored twice, while Ademola Lookman and Akor Adams added a goal each in a one sided round of 16 performance that took Nigeria’s tournament tally to 12 goals, the highest so far. Nigeria started strongly, with an early Osimhen effort ruled out for offside before Alex Iwobi forced a save from goalkeeper Ernan. The breakthrough came in the 20th minute when Iwobi slipped Adams through on the left and the forward squared for Lookman to finish clinically for his third goal of the tournament. Five minutes later, the Super Eagles doubled their lead as another Iwobi pass released Lookman, whose driven cross took a slight deflection and allowed Osimhen to […]