The home-based Super Eagles lost 1-0 to Senegal in their opening fixture at the 2024 African Nations Championship in Zanzibar on Tuesday night. Completesports.com’s ADEBOYE AMOSU appraises the performance of the players in the game…. Lawal Mustapha 4/10. The Shooting Stars shot stopper was at fault for the only goal conceded by Nigeria in the game.. Sodiq Ismaila 5/10. The right-back put up a solid display at the back but offered little going forward.. Junior Nduka 5/10. The captain was cautioned in the first half. He organised his defence well, but couldn’t do anything with the goal conceded by his side.. Leonard Ngenege 6/10. Unlucky to be on the losing side. The centre-back gave a good account of himself.. Taiwo Abdularafiu 4/10. A tough evening for the left-back, who was replaced by Uzondu Harrison in the second half.. Tochukwu Michael 4/10. Picked a yellow card in the fifth minute, and struggled to get going in the game.. Read Also:CHAN 2024: Super Eagles B Lose 1-0 To Senegal In Opening Group Match. Akanni Qudus 4/10. A poor display from the midfielder. He was replaced by Vincent Temitope 10 minutes from time.. Adedayo Olamilekan 4/10. He featured for the entire duration of the game. Olamilekan failed to make much impact in the game.. Jabbar Malik 4/10. The player started the game brightly but fizzled afterwards.. Anthony Ijoma 4/10. Toiled hard to impress in the game but failed to rescue his side from defeat.. Sikiru Alimi 3/10. He had a disappointing outing. The forward was replaced by Anas Yusuf late on.. Substitutes. Uzondu Harrison 3/10. Took the place of injured Taiwo Abdularafiu in the second half. He was booked late in the game.. Shola Adelani 3/10. The substitute failed to make much impact following his introduction.. Temitope Vincent 3/10. Another substitute, who failed to influence the game.. Anas Yusuf. Not Rated. Godwin Obaje. Not Rated
