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Home-based Super Eagles Lose To Ghana, CHAN 2023 Chances Under Threat

Nigeria’s quest to qualify for a major tournament could suffer another blow as the home-based Super Eagles on Sunday evening lost 2-0 to the Black Galaxies of Ghana in the 2023 Africa Nations Championship qualifiers reports Prime Business Africa.

The next edition of the tournament specifically for players in their domesric leagues will hold in Algeria next year with sub regional qualification campaigns holding across Africa.

The Eagles coached by Salisu Yusuf started the better side and dominated the first half of the game but Ghana vastly improved in the second half following the introduction towards the end of the first half by the resourceful Daniel Abagna.

Daniel Afriye scored from the penalty spot five minutes into the second half while Seidu Suraj made it 2-0 in the 86th minute when he pounced on the rebound to slot home the ball after goalkeeper Adewale Adeyinka faield to keep out a cross by Abagna.

The Eagles will need to score three unanswered goals to qualify for the tournament.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.