.Ekong bags MOTM award
By Akeem Lawal
ODION Ighalo’s second minute goal, his fifth of the tournament, handed Nigeria’s Super Eagles the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Egypt 2019 bronze medal after a 1-0 win over Tunisia in a battle of the eagles at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday night.
This was the eighth time the Super Eagles were playing a third and fourth AFCON play-off and they kept their record of winning the bronze medal match.
Though with a maiden AFCON medal around his neck, it wasn’t a near perfect evening for Ighalo.
Almost reduced to tears, the Chinese based striker limped off the pitch and had to be consoled by his teammates after pulling his hamstring as he raced off a counter and tried to make a pass.
But, he hopes to cling on to the golden boot and hopes that neither of Sadio Mane or Adam Ounas scores a goal in Friday evening’s final as they both trail him by two goals.
Meanwhile, Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong was named the Man of the Match.
“After his stellar performance, @WTroostEkong
has been selected as the Total Man of the Match. Congrats!#TUNNGA #FootballTogether,” CAF said via its official Twitter handle immediately after the match.
Ekong however took to his official Twitter handle to express his delight.
“Happy to take home a bronze medal🥉 and Man Of The Match tonight. Proud of this team! NAIJA SPIRIT!🇳🇬 #AFCON2019,” he tweeted.
No comments:
Post a Comment