Super Eagles Beat Tanzania 3-1 to Bounce Back from Guinea-Bissau Defeat

Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned to winning ways with a convincing 3-1 victory over Tanzania in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

The victory helped Nigeria recover from their disappointing 3-0 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in their previous match.

The Super Eagles got off to a flying start when Alhassan Yusuf opened the scoring in the second minute after receiving a pass from Ademola Lookman.

Nigeria dominated the early stages of the game and created several chances but failed to increase their lead.

Tanzania, however, drew level in the 32nd minute through Alphonce Msanga, who took advantage of an opportunity to make it 1-1.

Both teams went into the half-time break with the scores level.

Nigeria returned for the second half with more attacking energy, and head coach Éric Chelle introduced Moses Usor and Tolu Arokodare for Alhassan Yusuf and Tochukwu Nnadi.

The changes paid off as Arokodare restored Nigeria’s lead in the 52nd minute with a backheel finish from Wilfred Ndidi’s cross.

The striker scored again in the 60th minute, firing a low shot into the net after receiving a cross from Moses Usor to give Nigeria a comfortable 3-1 lead.

Tanzania made further substitutions in search of a comeback but could not break through Nigeria’s defence.

The Super Eagles held on to secure all three points and move to six points in Group L, one point behind leaders Guinea-Bissau, who have seven points.