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Iheanacho’s Penalty Kick Saves Eagles’ Face

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As it was in the last friendly match in March against Senegal, the Super Eagles had to leave it very late to get a 1-1 draw in a practice match with Corsica, one of the 13 regions of France.
As it was two months ago, it was a penalty kick converted by Kelechi Iheanacho that saved Nigeria’s face.
Corsica had taken the lead early in the first half via a penalty kick. Debutant defender, Tyrone Ebuehi handled the ball in the penalty box leading to the penalty kick converted by Jean-Jacques Mandrichi,
Nigeria’s next friendly match before the Africa Cup of Nations’ duel will be on Thursday.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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