Soccer - Nigeria plays goaless with Mali
BBC (Ghana) - Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations’ fate is in the hands of their Group B rivals after the Super Eagles could only draw with Mali in Sekondi.
Berti Vogts’ team will have to beat eliminated Benin in their final match on Tuesday, and hope that Mali slip-up.
Nigeria’s were restricted to half-chances with John Mikel Obi coming closest with a fizzing shot.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni had a goal ruled out for offside after 75 minutes, in a match that was full of tension.
The pressure was on the Super Eagles from the start as they faced an embarrassing Nations Cup exit if they were defeated by Mali, after Group B rivals Ivory Coast convincingly thrashed Benin earlier in the day.
German coach Berti Vogts made three changes to the best ranked side in Africa, bringing in Osaze Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscow), Obinna Nwaneri (Sion) and Obinna Nsofor (Chievo) for injured captain Nwankwo Kanu, Portsmouth’s John Utaka and Onyekachi Apam from Nice.
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