Nigeria beat Tunisia, Qualify for Next Round

The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Tunisia in the AFCON Group Stages winning their second game in a row to qualify with a game to spare.

The Super Eagles defeated Tunisia 3-2 to book their place in the second round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in style at the Fez Stadium in Morocco on Saturday.

Eric Chelle made two changes to the side that defeated Tanzania 2-1 in their first match with Bruno Onyemaechi replacing Zaidu Sanusi, and Frank Onyeka taking the place of Samuel Chukwueze.

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Osimhen was presented with Nigeria’s first chance of the encounter in the sixth minute but his effort failed to hit the target.

The Galatasaray forward thought he had given Nigeria the lead in the 17th minute but his effort was ruled out for offside.

Osimhen opened the scoring for Nigeria in the 44th minute with a powerful header from a sublime cross from Ademola Lookman.