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Salah Blunders, Nigeria Triumphs to Claim Afcon Third Place

E28 Staff1
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Nigeria ended their Africa Cup of Nations campaign on a high, winning the bronze medal after a tense penalty shootout against Egypt. The match in Casablanca finished 0-0 in regular time, pushing the two teams into a dramatic tiebreaker.

The Super Eagles dominated the shootout, converting four of their penalties, while Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush faltered by missing their first two attempts. Nigeria’s substitute Ademila Lookman sealed the victory with the decisive goal.

β€œπ‘Ύπ’† π’˜π’‚π’π’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’Šπ’π’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’π’–π’“π’π’‚π’Žπ’†π’π’• π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‘π’“π’Šπ’…π’†, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’†π’“π’” π’”π’‰π’π’˜π’†π’… π’Šπ’π’„π’“π’†π’…π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’† π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’”π’–π’“π’† π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒕,” π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… π‘΅π’Šπ’ˆπ’†π’“π’Šπ’‚ π’„π’‚π’‘π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 π‘°π’˜π’π’ƒπ’Š.

Nigeria Key Moments and Heroics

Earlier in the match, Akor Adams thought he had put Nigeria ahead in the 36th minute, but VAR ruled the goal out due to an elbow by Paul Onuachu on Egypt’s Hamdi Fathi. Another second-half goal by Ademila Lookman was also disallowed for offside. Despite these setbacks, Nigeria’s determination never wavered.

Goalkeeper Stanley Noubali emerged as the hero, saving critical shots from Egypt’s stars and ensuring his team’s historic ninth third-place finish at the Afcon.

β€œπ‘Άπ’–π’“ 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’†π’‚π’Ž, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’†π’π’‚π’π’•π’š 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’” 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’† 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅,” π‘΅π’π’–π’ƒπ’‚π’π’Š π’”π’‚π’Šπ’….

With this win, Nigeria left the tournament with pride after earlier disappointments, including missing out on the 2026 World Cup following a penalty loss to DR Congo and a semi-final defeat to Morocco.

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