Ighalo ends goal drought with hatrick as Nigeria grab 3 points against Libya

in #sprtshub5 years ago

1539506424_images_(15).jpegThe Nigeria super Eagles have finally put a smile on every Nigerian face after securing the second spot in group E with just a point behind the group leader South Africa. Nigeria hosted Libya for their third match in the Africa Cup of nations qualifying round. The match went down as expected for the Nigerians with the likes Ahmed Musa, Etebo, Ighalo, Alex Iwobi and many other great players in the team.
The home team got the three points after putting four goals past the Libyan team, the visitors struggled despite putting up a good performance but losing great chances. Libya show a strong passing ability but that wasn't enough to hold the Eagles of Nigeria.
Odion Ighalo was the star for the night, the Nigeria forward returned to scoring form for the eagles against Libya . He has been criticized by many due to his goal drought but fortunately for him, he was able to shut all critics with an hatrick. Ighalo has scored 10 goals in fifteen games for his club side in China this season and he looks inspired to do more for his national team.
The striker opened the score line in the 4th minutes, he converted from the spot kick to give Super Eagles the lead. He doubled the lead in the 58th minutes of the second half, with the goal the Nigeria super Eagles had the assurance of getting the maximum points from the match.
In the 68th minutes, Ighalo sealed the team victory with the third goal. It was Nigeria third and Ighalo third for the night. In the last minute of the match, Kalu registered his name on the score sheet, after 90minutes of action we can all say it was a fantastic performance from both sides.

The Nigeria super Eagles will be looking forward to get more victories so as to top the group before the end of the qualifiers. Nigeria will play away to Libya in the next round of the game.

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