Osimhen double for Nigeria downs Mozambique to seal AFCON quarterfinal spot

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Nigeria volition look Algeria oregon DR Congo successful the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal aft a 4-0 triumph against Mozambique.

Published On 5 Jan 2026

Victor Osimhen scored doubly arsenic Nigeria made abbreviated enactment of Mozambique astatine the Africa Cup of Nations, cruising into the quarterfinals with a broad 4-0 victory successful their last-16 tie.

Ademola Lookman, a erstwhile victor of the African footballer of the twelvemonth award, similar Osimhen, opened the scoring aft 20 minutes successful Fes connected Monday and helped acceptable up the different 3 goals connected the night.

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Osimhen had started the crippled without wearing his trademark mask, but restored the look covering earlier netting Nigeria’s 2nd extremity connected 25 minutes. He past scored again conscionable aft half-time earlier Akor Adams sealed the win.

It is the biggest winning borderline successful an AFCON knockout necktie since Egypt hammered Algeria 4-0 successful the semifinals astatine the 2010 tourney successful Angola.

Determined to marque up for their nonaccomplishment to suffice for the World Cup, the Super Eagles march connected to a last-eight necktie connected Saturday successful Marrakesh against either Algeria oregon the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The teams clash successful the past 16 connected Tuesday, and a triumph successful the crippled for the DRC would connection Nigeria a accidental to avenge their decision connected penalties against the Leopards successful a World Cup qualifying playoff successful November.

Mozambique appeared successful the knockout signifier of an AFCON for the archetypal clip aft advancing arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed sides successful the radical stage.

Nigeria's guardant #22 Akor Adams celebrates scoring the team's 4th extremity during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) circular of 16 shot lucifer betwixt Nigeria and Mozambique

They were nary lucifer for a Nigerian squad that was much-changed from their last radical game, erstwhile manager Eric Chelle offered a accidental to respective fringe players for a 3-1 triumph against Uganda.

Atalanta guardant Lookman, who scored successful the 3-2 triumph implicit Tunisia successful the 2nd radical match, was among those brought backmost into the lineup, and Africa’s champion subordinate successful 2024 gave his squad the pb arsenic the midway constituent successful the archetypal fractional approached.

Alex Iwobi’s done shot released Adams connected the near broadside of the box, and his cutback was converted first-time by Lookman.

The 28-year-old past turned provider, with his transverse from the near successful the 25th infinitesimal being helped connected by Adams, for Osimhen to poke the shot successful from adjacent range.

The Galatasaray striker emerged unscathed soon aft that, contempt going into a situation with Witi, which saw the Mozambique subordinate genu Osimhen successful the stomach.

Lookman’s debased shot crossed the look of extremity from the near was finished disconnected by Osimhen to marque it 3-0 successful the 47th infinitesimal and extremity immoderate imaginable of a Mozambique comeback.

The 2023 African subordinate of the twelvemonth had gone 7 AFCON matches without scoring earlier netting against Tunisia successful the radical stage. He present has 3 to his sanction astatine the tourney successful Morocco.

Lookman was not finished for the nighttime arsenic helium supplied Adams wrong the container with a 4th of an hr remaining, and the Sevilla guardant rifled a changeable precocious into the net.

Earlier successful the day, Egypt needed other clip to overcome Benin 3-1 to publication their spot successful the adjacent round, wherever either Ivory Coast oregon Burkina Faso await.

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