By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The home-based Super Eagles and Zanzibar battled to a 2-2 draw in their pre 2024 African Nations Championship friendly at the Mau Stadium on Thursday.
Head coach Eric Chelle made five changes to the team that played the first game on Monday, giving starting shirts to Akanni Kudus, Egbe Manyo, Malik Jabbar, Vincent Temitope, and Anas Yusuf.
Yusuf, Adedayo Olamilekan scored for Nigeria in the first half.
The hosts fought back, and levelled scored after the break.
It would be recalled that both teams played out 0-0 draw in their first friendly at the same venue on Monday.
The Home Eagles will now shift attention to the CHAN 2024 finals which will get underway this weekend.
Nigeria’s first game against holders Senegal will hold at Zanzibar’s 15,000 -capacity Amaan Stadium.
The Home Eagles will then confront Sudan in their second match of the group phase (also at the Amaan Stadium) on Tuesday, 12th August.
They will conclude their Group D campaign against Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, 19th August.
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