The Super of Eagles of Nigeria risk not
qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after going down to a shocking
1-0 defeat against Sudan on Saturday at the Khartoum Municipal Stadium. A
solitary strike by Mohamed Babeker in the 42nd minute proved to be the
difference between the Sudanese and the misfiring African Champions.
The goal that Sudan scored was amateurish as both
Godfrey Oboabona and Kenneth Omeruo were seriously guilty of ball watching and
the hosts made the best use of the oppourtunity that came their way.
With the latest defeat, the Eagles are now rooted
to the bottom of the log in Group A with just one point from three games, South
Africa are now surprisingly dictating the pace with seven points from three
games.
Congo are second with six while Ethiopia have
overtaken Nigerian to now occupy third spot with three points.
Before Saturday’s win, the last time Sudan beat
Nigeria was far back in 1967 while the last time they managed scoring against
the Eagles was in 1973.
The Eagles next match is against Sudan in Abuja,
while South Africa will take on Congo.
Even though Nigeria is not completely out of the
running to get a ticket to qualify for next month’s Nations Cup in Morocco, it
is increasingly looking bleak with another disappointing result on Saturday