Nigeria's hopes of progressing to the semi-finals of the
Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, the Olympic qualifying tournament, were dented
by Egypt as the two sides drew 2-2 in their Group B match in M'Bour stadium,
Senegal on Wednesday, 2nd December, 2015.
Nigeria went into the second match of their group knowing a
win would be enough to go through to the last four.
At half-time they were on target for the victory, leading
with 2-0 as a result of two penalties from Etebo Oghenekaro who scored from the
spot in the 20th minute and 30th minute.
Egypt fought back after the break, scoring two goals in five
minutes to level proceedings; Ramadan Sobhi Ahmed in the 46th minute to make it
2-1 and Mamdouh El Sayed in the 51st minute to keep their hopes of progressing alive.
On the other hand, in the same group, Algeria boosted their
hopes of qualifying for next year's Olympics with a 2-0 win over Mali in the
Group’s first match early on the same day. Algeria moves onto four
points, ahead of their final group match against Nigeria on Saturday. Mali is
still to register a point, meeting Egypt in their final match in the group on
Saturday.
The top three from the tournament will claim
places at the men's football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
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