{"id":22874,"date":"2025-07-30T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=22874"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:46:41","slug":"8th-african-nations-championship-eagles-b-seek-win-against-zanzibar-in-second-friendly-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/8th-african-nations-championship-eagles-b-seek-win-against-zanzibar-in-second-friendly-match\/","title":{"rendered":"8th African Nations Championship: Eagles B seek win against Zanzibar in second friendly match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nigeria\u2019s home-based senior men\u2019s team will seek victory over hosts Zanzibar on Thursday in the second of a two-match programme arranged to put the Super Eagles B in competition mood ahead of the 8th African Nations Championship kicking off on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2018 silver medallists were held to a scoreless draw in the two teams\u2019 first game played at the Mau Stadium \u2013 located in the centre of Zanzibar \u2013 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, also bronze medal winners in 2014, dominated Monday\u2019s game all-round, with superior ball possession and attempts on goal. They created a plethora of chances but the Zanzibar rearguard worked overtime to keep the scoreline barren.<\/p>\n<p>Adedayo Olamilekan, Hadi Haruna, Sikiru Alimi and Harrison Tochukwu were impressive in a game in which goalkeeper Ozoemena Ani, captain Nduka Junior, Leonard Ngenge, Abdulrafiu Taiwo, Sodiq Ismaila, Ijoma Anthony, Harrison Ozondu, Akanni Qudus, Taofeek Otaniyi, Godwin Obaje, Jabbar Malik and Shola Adelani also featured.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s encounter, also scheduled for the Mau Stadium, comes five days before Nigeria\u2019s first match of the competition \u2013 a clash with Cup holders Senegal \u2013 at Zanzibar\u2019s 15,000 -capacity Amaan Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles will then confront Sudan in their second match of the group phase (also at the Amaan Stadium) on Tuesday, 12th August before concluding their group D campaign against Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, 19th August.<\/p>\n<p>The four-week, 19-nation finals have encamped five teams in groups A, B and C, with only Nigeria\u2019s group D having only four teams. Other venues for the competition are the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani and the Nyayo National Stadium (both in Nairobi, Kenya), and the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s home-based senior men\u2019s team will seek victory over hosts Zanzibar on Thursday in&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,44,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-football","category-chan","category-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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