Guinea-Bissau stun Nigeria 3-0 in AFCON 2027 qualifier
Guinea-Bissau earned a stunning 3-0 win over Nigeria in a 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers clash at the September 24 Stadium in Bissau on Tuesday.
The Djurtus produced an impressive performance to shock the Super Eagles to continue their impressive start to the Nations Cup qualifiers.
Eric Chelle made three changes to the team that defeated Madagascar in Uyo on Friday with Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Frank Onyeka starting.
The team struggled to have a hold on the game in the opening minutes before the hosts took a shock lead.
Franculino Djú gave Guinea-Bissau the lead with a close range finish which evaded the attention of Stanley Nwabali after the Super Eagles defenders were caught napping.
Frank Onyeka misses a glorious chance to restore parity for Nigeria in the 28th minute.
Nwabali made an impressive save to deny Beto on the stroke of halftime as Guinea-Bissau held on to go into the break with a 1-0 lead.
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Chelle made a double change ahead of the restart with Moses Simon and Moses Usor replacing Taiwo Awoniyi and Frank Onyeka.
Five minutes later, Moses Simon missed a great chance to make it 1-1.
Mama Bade made it 2-0 in favour of Guinea-Bissau in the 66th minute.
Álvaro Djaló put the icing on the cake with a fine individual goal to make it 3-0 in the closing moments of the encounter to seal an historic win for the hosts.
Guinea-Bissau have now won their first two games in the Nations Cup qualifiers to go top of the group with six points following a 2-0 win over Tanzania in their first match.
In the other Group L match, Tanzania and Madagascar played out a 1-1 draw.
The Super Eagles will be back in action against Russia in an international friendly next Tuesday.
