Nigeria Super Eagles don book dia place for di 2026 Unity Cup final after dem beat Zimbabwe 2-0 for di semi-final wey happen for The Valley for south-east London on Tuesday evening.
Di match start well well for di Super Eagles as Femi Azeez, wey dey play for Millwall, score for im senior international debut just five minutes inside di game. But Nigeria no fit add more goals before half-time, even though dem get plenty chances wey dem waste.
Di second half come dey tense as Zimbabwe try to equalise. Dem even get one strong penalty shout wey di referee no give. But Azeez come strike again after di hour mark to finish di game 2-0 and make im debut sweet.
Di win mean say Eric Chelle side dey one match away from winning di Unity Cup for di fourth time in a row, and second time since di tournament come back after twenty years wey e no dey happen.
Nigeria go face Jamaica for di final on Saturday. Di Reggae Boyz beat India for di other semi-final wey happen on Wednesday evening.
Earlier dis week, di Unity Cup don officially become FIFA Tier 1 event. Dis na big milestone for di tournament and e show say di competition dey grow for international level.
After di final, Nigeria get two more international friendlies wey dem go play against Poland and Portugal before di World Cup for North America later dis summer.
Tochukwu Nnadi, wey play for Olympic Marseille, talk say di Super Eagles no ready to give up di Unity Cup title. Nnadi wey play key role for di semi-final victory tell di Super Eagles media: “We are here to win di Unity Cup. I no go talk anything about di Poland and Portugal game. First we get di job done here and den we go see wetin happen for Poland and for Portugal.”
Some big players like Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi, Ademola Lookman and Calvin Bassey no dey for Unity Cup duty, but dem go feature for di friendlies next month.
