Nigeria was defeated 2-1 by ivory coast in the caf africa cup of nations final, but kelechi iheanacho was a late replacement for nigeria. Nigeria was defeated 2-1 by ivory coast in the caf africa cup of nations final Kelechi iheanacho was a second-half substitute at olympique alassane ouattara on sunday evening, with former west ham united striker sebastian haller scoring the winning goal.
Iheanacho started on the bench for the super eagles and watched as his team took the lead at olympique alassane ouattara when captain william troost-ekong broke the deadlock with a header. Nigeria held the lead until the hour mark. However, the constant pressure paid off for ivory coast when franck kessié restored the scores with a header of his own. Iheanacho’s introduction to the game was a success, as he joined victor oshimen up front, but ivory coast took the lead with eight minutes left on the clock thanks to a smart flicked effort from haller.
As time passed, nigeria threw everything at the hosts, but was unable to do anything to improve the scoreline. With the foxes squad, leicester city’s striker will now return to sky bet championship football.
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