Tuesday

Group C

Guinea vs Nigeria 4pm SS9/RTV Niger vs Tunisia 4pm

Guinea head coach Kanfory Lappé Bangoura has vowed that his team will be out to hurt Nigeria in the final Group C match of the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) today at Umuganda stadium in Rubavu.

Tunisia held Nigeria to a 1-1 draw on Friday to throw Group C wide open. Guinea and Niger also fought out a 2-2 draw in an entertaining encounter, which further complicated the calculations in this group.

It was the second draw for Guinea, who had better control in the opening stages, but this did not stop Youssef Alio to give Niger the lead after 36 minutes , while Guinea responded a minute later through Aboubacar Sylla to make it 1-1.

The second half started with goals, and it was Niger again that took the lead when Adamou Moussa Issa found the back of the net, five minutes into the second half and it took Guinea 30 minutes to equalise through Aboubacar Kile Bangoura.

"We will win against Nigeria, I am sure. We didn’t manage to win against Niger and Tunisia, but for the final game it is a must win for us in order to qualify. We have two points which is not bad, so we will give it our best in the final match,” Kanfory Lappé Bangoura said.

The Super Eagles, who needed a win against Nigeria to reach the quarter-finals with a game to spare, scored first through Chisom Chikatara’s fourth goal of the tournament in the 51st minute while Tunisia equalised through danger man, Ahmed Akaichi for his third (goal) of the tournament.

Nigeria have four points and need to beat second-placed Guinea in today’s game to qualify to the quarter-finals as group winners, while third-placed Tunisia will play bottom-of-the-table Niger in the second match at the Kigali Regional Stadium—both matches kick off simultaneously..

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