Sudan is looking for a 45-year-old revenge against Nigeria
During the meeting that gathers today at eight in the evening Emirates time against his Nigerian counterpart in the second round of Group D in the 2022 African Nations Cup, hosted by Cameroon, the Sudanese team is looking for a 45-year-old revenge since their last meeting in the tenth finals that was held in Ethiopia in 1976 .
And that meeting ended with the victory of the Nigerian team with a clean goal, knowing that this is the third time that the Sudanese team meets its Nigerian counterpart in the African finals, as it was the first time in the fourth edition in the year 1963, which was held in Ghana, and ended with Sudan winning by four clean goals. .
The upcoming match will be held today at Rumi Adgia Stadium in Garoua.
The Sudanese team, nicknamed "Suqur Al-Jedian", shares second place in Group D with its counterpart Guinea-Bissau after a 0-0 draw.
The Nigerian team leads the standings with three points after defeating the Egyptian team with a clean goal in the first round.
In terms of the African Nations qualifiers for the World Cup or the Olympic Games in Mexico and the African Nations qualifiers, the two teams met on more than one occasion, including in the African qualifiers for the Olympics in Mexico in 1968, and Nigeria won in the first leg with a clean goal, and Sudan returned and won the second leg 2-1 And the meeting was renewed between the two teams in the World Cup qualifiers, where they met twice in 1969, tied back and forth 2-2 and 3-3.
The two teams met in the year 2001 in the World Cup qualifiers, and ended with Nigeria winning 3-0 in the first leg, and Nigeria returned and won the second leg 4-0.
The two teams also met in the African qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, and the meeting ended with Sudan winning with a goal scored by Bakri Al-Madina, and Nigeria returned and won the second leg 3-1.
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