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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles person ended their 2026 World Cup qualifying run aft they walloped the Benin Republic 4–0 connected Tuesday evening.
The three-time African champions went into their last fixture needing a convincing win, aft keeping their qualification hopes live with a 2–1 triumph implicit Lesotho past weekend.
Nigeria started precise impressively against Gernot Rohr’s side, with Victor Osimhen scoring wrong the opening 3 minutes.
Osimhen aboriginal doubled the pb with a header conscionable earlier half-time, arsenic the Super Eagles took complaint of proceedings successful Uyo.
The Galatasaray striker could aboriginal get a hat-trick successful the 2nd half, earlier Frank Onyeka added a precocious 4th aft a well-struck volley.
The effect means that Nigeria finished 2nd successful Group C, down South Africa, who thrashed Rwanda 3–0 to clinch the automatic qualification spot.
Eric Chelle’s men volition present hold to spot if they volition assertion a spot among the 4 champion runners-up from Africa.
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