Tremendous Eagles winger Ademola Lookman will intention to equal the late Rashidi Yekini's file on the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations by scoring a objective when the three-time African champions tackle Angola in Abidjan on Friday. The PONS experiences.
Lookman, who made his debut on the AFCON in Ivory Coast, bagged a brace towards Cameroon within the spherical of 16 final Saturday, equaling the goalscoring file of duo Emmanuel Emenike and Sunday Mba within the AFCON knockout levels and will change into fourth Nigerian in historical past to attain the feat of scoring three or extra objectives within the knockout levels of a single competitors.
Yekini additionally scored 3 times within the knockout levels of the 1994 version of the match. He scored a second-half brace towards DR Congo, previously Zaire, within the quarter-final and was additionally on course within the Eagles' semi-final victory towards Ivory Coast.
Yekini completed because the match's prime scorer with 5 objectives and in addition as the most effective participant.
Former captain Austin Okocha and striker Odion Ighalo are the opposite Nigerians to have scored extra knockout objectives (4) than Yekini and the 26-year-old Atalanta ahead may equal the file if he will increase his tally on the match.
On the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, Ighalo scored 4 occasions to assist Nigeria declare the bronze medal. The Al Wehda FC ahead scored twice towards Cameroon because the Eagles defeated the Indomitable Lions 3-2 in a spherical of 16 tie in Alexandria.
Ighalo additionally scored towards Algeria within the semi-finals.
His fourth got here towards Tunisia within the third of the match.
For Okocha, the midfielder scored 3 times within the knockout levels of the 2004 version of AFCON in Tunisia. He was on course towards Cameroon within the quarter-final, Tunisia within the final 4 and within the third towards Mali.
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