Nigeria will confront Cameroon in
one of the Round of 16 matches of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals ongoing
in Egypt.
Nigeria who finished second will
now meet second placed Ghana from Group F in Alexandria on Saturday by 5pm Nigeria
time.
This fixture was accomplished on
Tuesday evening after a 0-0 draw with Benin Republic, and Ghana’s 2-0 defeat of
Guinea Bissau.
Cameroon defeated Nigeria in the
final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1984, 1988 and 2000, but most painful for
the Super Eagles was that agonizing penalty shoot-out loss in front of home
fans at the National Stadium, Lagos on February 13, 2000.
In 2004, Jay Jay Okocha
spearheaded a sweet 2-1 defeat of then Cup holders (as they are now) Cameroon
in a quarter final match at the Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet in Monastir, Tunisia.
In the 2018 FIFA World Cup
African qualifying series, the Super Eagles lashed the Lions 4-0 in Uyo and
were forced to a 1-1 draw in Yaounde.
Nigeria and Cameroon share eight
African titles between them.
While the Indomitable Lions have
won five times (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002 and 2017), Nigeria were champions in
1980, 1994 and 2013.
Saturday’s game is indeed a
titanic battle, and the Super Eagles would be expected to pick themselves up
from Sunday’s stunning defeat by Madagascar and battle the bitter rivals the
way they should.
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