The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Sunday humiliated 2-0 by the Barea of Madagascar in their last group game at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) at the Alexandria Stadium,Egypt.
The Barea named an unchanged line-up from their 1-0 victory against Burundi while Gernot Rohr made five changes, as Ezenwa replaced Daniel Akpeyi in goal, Leon Balogun replaced Kenneth Omeruo with Mikel and Ogu partnering Stoke city Etebo in the midfield while Ighalo is joined upfront with Ahmed Musa and Samuel Kalu.
Ranked 108th team in the world and tagged as ‘underdogs’ before the game compared to their counter-part who were 45th in the world, the East Africans held their own in the grueling encounter, netting in their first goal 13 minutes from kick-off as Lalaina Nomenjanahary took advantage of Leon Balogun ‘s defensive blunder to boost their confidence for what turned out to be a cracker.
Despite their qualification decided, the West Africans fought hard to get back into the game and retain their rating as favourites to top Group B, Gernot Rohr Boys failed to overcome humiliation on the night, as match got out of hand when midfielder Wilfred Ndidi deflected a brillant set piece by Carolus Andriamahitsinoro in the 53rd minute to seal their victory and go into the second round of the competition unbeaten.
Seriously I don't see this Nigeria team reaching the semis of this competition, just common Madagascar
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