AFCON 2017: Nigeria Fail To Qualify After Defeat By Egypt

 

Egypt have struck a huge blow to Nigerian football Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to a 1-0 defeat in Egypt in their Group G match on Tuesday. With just one game remaining and only the group winners to qualify, Nigeria cannot make up their five-point deficit to table-toppers Egypt. 

Ramadan Sobhy's 65th-minute winner puts Egypt on the verge of qualification. Egypt face Tanzania in June and will book their place in Gabon with any result better than a 3-0 defeat. Tuesday's match in Alexandria became a virtually all-or-nothing tie after Chad withdrew from the group on Sunday, citing financial difficulties, and all results from their matches them were erased. That left only three teams in Group G and in accordance with the rules of the Confederation of African only the winner would qualify for the finals. - BBC -