ADEMOLA Lookman’s first half goal was enough as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Angola to advance to semifinal of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Lookman, scoring his third goal of the knockout stage courtesy of Moses Simon’s perceptive pass during a rare instance of Angola’s defence leaving too much space inside their box.
The Super Eagles are the new tournament favourites but their opponents looked confident and created occasional danger.
This is the first time Nigeria have won four consecutive matches at a single Afcon edition without conceding a goal.
Lookman has become the fourth Nigerian to score at least three goals in the knockout rounds of a single Afcon tournament, after Odion Ighalo in 2019 (4), Jay-Jay Okocha in 2004 (3) and Rashidi Yekini in 1994 (3).
Those two goals against Cameroon in the last 16 were his first ever Afcon goals.
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