Nigeria to face Angola in quarter-final of CHAN 2018

Tosin Abayomi 06:16 - 25 January 2018

The Super Eagles take on Angola in the quarterfinal of the African Nations Championship.

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The Super Eagles secured their passage to the next round after defeating Equatorial Guinea 3 - 1. The Eagles played out a goalless draw in their opening match against Rwanda before a 1 - 0 victory over Libya in their second game.

The Super Eagles via two wins and a draw finished top of group C with seven points, and will play the runners-up in group D.

Super Eagles head coach Salisu Yusuf has thanked Nigerians for their support throughout the competition, but his side face a tough challenge in the quarterfinal.

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Nigeria's opponent Angola, started their first two matches in the competition like Nigeria.

First they played a goalless draw against Burkina Faso, and followed it up with a lone victory against Cameroon, they rounded up their group with another goalless draw against Congo which gave them a total of five points to finish second behind Congo and qualify for the quarterfinal.

The Super Eagles meet a tough opponent in Angola who are yet to lose a game, and concede a goal in the competition

This will be the first meeting for the between Super Eagles and Angola since they denied Nigeria a World Cup ticket in 2006.

The match will take place on Sunday, January 28, at the Stade Adrar, Agadir, (Kick off- 4:30 pm : 5:30 pm Nigeria time).