{"id":272324,"date":"2019-07-07T10:18:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T08:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272324"},"modified":"2019-07-07T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T08:18:05","slug":"nigeria-fights-back-to-win-quarterfinal-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272324","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria fights back to win quarterfinal spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_3\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n\r\n<div class=\"mom_images_grid mom_images_3_cols\">\r\n<ul class=\"galleryslider\"><li class=\"first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66187172_2331969000203380_121143924860387328_n.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"66187172_2331969000203380_121143924860387328_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"66187172_2331969000203380_121143924860387328_n\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66187172_2331969000203380_121143924860387328_n.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66189825_2331968903536723_7171492221970022400_n.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"66189825_2331968903536723_7171492221970022400_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"66189825_2331968903536723_7171492221970022400_n\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66189825_2331968903536723_7171492221970022400_n.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66669600_2331969016870045_6157181926324043776_n.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"66669600_2331969016870045_6157181926324043776_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"66669600_2331969016870045_6157181926324043776_n\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66669600_2331969016870045_6157181926324043776_n.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Sports Reporter<br \/>\nNigeria beat the defending Africa Cup of Nations champions, Cameroon, with three goals to two and by doing so, progressed to the quarterfinals of the 2019 tournament.<br \/>\nIt seemed to be all smooth sailing for the Super Eagles when they scored the first goal of the round-of-16 match against the Indomitable Lions but Cameroon fought back and led 2 \u2013 1 at the end of the first half.<br \/>\nThe first goal of the match was scored by Nigeria\u2019s Odion Ighalo in the 19th minute of the first half.<br \/>\nCameroon scored two goals in quick succession in the last five minutes of the first half. St\u00e9phan Bahoken scored the first and three minutes later Clinton Nji\u00e9 put the second goal for Cameroon in the back of the net.<br \/>\nIghalo scored Nigeria\u2019s second goal in the 63rd minute and Alex Iwobi did the same three minutes later which the Super Eagles in the lead which they maintained until the final whistle blew.<\/p>\n<!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Nigeria beat the defending Africa Cup of Nations champions, Cameroon, with three goals to two and by doing so, progressed to the quarterfinals of the 2019 tournament. 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