Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo has blamed Odion Ighalo for Nigeria’s 1-0 victory against Guinea in the AFCON 2019.
Nigeria went into the game following a 1-0 victory against Burundi. The victory against Guinea on Wednesday made Nigeria the first country to qualify for the next round of the competition.
Speaking after the game, Kanu said:
We are more relaxed now after the win over Guinea to advance to the next round.
“We had few chances to score more goals in the first half when Odion Ighalo had a good chance to pass the ball to Musa but he did not do so.
“Guinea are no pushovers, but we took our chances,” the two-time Africa Player of The Year told CAFOnline.
When asked to predict who will emerge winner of the tournament, the former Arsenal player said:
“I don’t want to predict who will win the tournament now after two games but after the group games then we can see the real teams in contention,” he added.