NigeriaOlympic Eagles has crashed out of the ongoing Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following a dire 0-0 draw with South Africa. The draw on the night was not enough to see the Eagles through to the semifinals.
The result meant they finished third in Group-B and dropped out of contention for a place in the Men’s Football Tournament of next year’s Olympics in Tokyo.
Failure at the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo, sustained an unsavoury streak of Nigeria appearing in the Men’s Football Tournament at every other Olympics since the year 2000.
Champions in 1996 in Atlanta, USA where they won Africa’s first-ever football gold medal of the Olympics, the Nigeria Under-23 participated in the tournament in Australia in 2000, but missed the event in Greece in 2004.
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF President Amaju Pinnick was quoted as saying that the failure of the Olympic Eagles was a shock
