{"id":5534,"date":"2024-02-02T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2024-02-02T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:29:13","slug":"nigeria-soar-into-afcon-semi-finals-beat-angola-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/nigeria-soar-into-afcon-semi-finals-beat-angola-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria soar into AFCON semi-finals, beat Angola 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Angola to advance into the semi-finals game of the ongoing 2023 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup in Cote d\u2019Ivoire on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A lone goal from Ademola Lookman in the 41st minute gave Nigeria the lead and victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a highly contested match at the 33,000-capacity Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Nigeria emerge victorious, securing a coveted spot in the AFCON semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The keenly fought battle showcased the resilience and prowess of the Nigerian team, solidifying their journey towards AFCON glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Four yellow cards were in between the team, with the Palancas Negras getting three and Nigeria, one<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Senegalese referee, Issa Sy overruled a 75th minute header from Napoli striker,\u00a0Victor\u00a0Osihmen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Details later<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Angola to advance into the semi-finals game of the ongoing 2023 TotalEnergies CAF Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}