Super Eagles of Nigeria Win! Defeat Ivory Coast to Reach the Semi-Finals at AFCON 2013!
Posted on Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 at 6:40 PMBy Adeola Adeyemo
Despite a rough start at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in South Africa, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have risen up to the challenge, winning their last two matches. Some minutes ago, the team won the quarter finals match against Ivory Coast to clinch the semi-finals ticket at the tournament.
The first goal of the match was scored by Nigeria’s Emmanuel Emenike in the 43rd minute. Shortly after the half-time break, Ivory Coast’s Cheik Tiote scored the equalizing goal in the 50th minute. But Nigeria’s Sunday Mba scored the winner with a shot from outside the area in the 78th minute, helping Nigeria advance to the semi-finals.
Nigeria will now play Mali, which eliminated host South Africa on penalties on Saturday in Durban.
It was really an interesting match. The Super Eagles put up a great performance. Well done!
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What are your thoughts on Nigeria’s performance so far at the tournament?
Did you watch the match today? What do you think about the match?
Tags: AFCON 2013, Cheik Tiote, Emmanuel Emenike, Sunday Mba, Super Eagles
Go Nigeria…
Wow, we did it.
I never thot it was possible.
eagles don pluck elephant eye, come use him tusk carve trophy …GBAM!
congrat to them
A well played match, thank God
Yes ooooooo.God is faithful. The boys where exceptional 2day.
i hope they kip the steam on against Mali ooh, super eagles have the tendency of not performing well when yu have so much hope. anyways, congrats. I know the cup is coming home ,, bravo,,
Super Eagles’ performance today was unexpected,wonderful and had put today’s doubting Thomases(including power)aside.I hope the nigerian national team ‘ll remain on top of the tourmament.UP EAGLES !
THIS EAGLES SURPRISED EVERYBODY BY THIS WIN.IT WAS NOT EXPECTED BUT THEY PROVED NIGERIANS WRONG.WISHING THEM GOOD LUCK IN THE OTHER REMAINING TWO MATCHES.IF THEY KEEP THIS UP,THE CUP WILL BE COMING TO NIGERIA FOR THIRD TIME
Don’t wish dem “good luck” o, abeg. Good luck ko, Jonathan ni. Lol
Congrats my people and God bless u all! we are bringing that Cup home.. Jesus is Lord!
wow. wow. wow. i think ivory coast underrated the super eagles since we’ve been playing shitty for the past few years. this is really a surprise. well done to the boys!
Oh my God datz all i can say super eagles suprised everybdy today go naija
Good win.
P.S: Bella Naija, this headline is grammatically incorrect. The word to use is “beat” as against “win” in the context of this sentence.
LMAO! make una n happi oo! cuz i know they will still carry last! lmao! i love how they are pretending and giving average nigerians hope
how can they “carry last” when they are already in the semi-finals????????????
nigeria performed extremely wonderful today as compared to their previous matches
I did not watch the match cos i did not want my blood sugar to rise.good luck to sup eagles
i love nigeria’s
Well done! brothers. God be with you.
Oh! I am sad I didn’t watch the match. I’d have love to see how well our boys played.
Apparently, they’re Still Super Chickens. Until they win the Cup, then i can beat my chest to say they’re ‘ SUPER EAGLES’ . I’m not carried away by the victory over Ivory Coast.
Chima, u must be an ungrateful person, the super eagles put up all there best in that match in other to make the nation proud, but all you can say is they are still super chickens, that’s not fair. if you think football is easy, then go out there and play.
Ivory coast was too over confident forgetting that, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor nread to the wise, nor riches to the men of understanding, nor favour to the skill.But time and chance happen to them all. Congrats super eagles, may God be praised
Nicely said Maureen…
well done super eagles, try to beat mali 2day.