It is 19 years since Nigeria took the title – and
Stephen Keshi becomes only the second man to win the trophy as player and coach
(the other being the late Egypt legend Mahmoud El Gohary).
Burkina Faso played a hard-fought game, but were
ultimately outclassed by the Super Eagles, who sealed the win with a
Nigeria-based youngster in Sunday Mba, supporting Keshi’s philosophy of getting
rid of the ‘egos’ in the national team set-up.
The match started as a scrappy affair, although
Nigeria settled soonest.
Sunday Mba scored on Sunday night to hand Nigeria a
1-0 win over Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations Final.
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Nigeria broke the deadlock on 40 minutes, and credit
must go to the Super Eagles for persisting in the box. The referee waved play
on after a foul outside the area, and Victor Moses could have got a penalty but
stayed on his feet to send the ball to Ikechukwu Uche in the box. The ball then
broke to Mba, who flicked it up over a defender and, before it hit the ground,
sent a fizzing volley into the net.
Yeah! Glad finally Nigeria won the cup, Super Eagles
captain Joseph Yobo lifted the trophy. Victor Moses won Samsung fair player of
the competition, John Mikel Obi won Orange man of the competition and Emenike
won the highest goal scorer. Mighty big congrats to Super Eagles of Nigeria!!! Thanks
for making us proud again for the first time in a long time. Up up Naija for
LIFE!!!
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