Garoua (Cameroon): Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho scored because Nigeria placed a stack of troubled to the Cup of African countries in Cameroon behind them on Tuesday to defeat Egypt who disappointed 1-0 in Garoua.
Ihaanno attacked after 30 minutes to take Super Eagles to the table after the opening match in Group D, which included Guinea-Bissau and Sudan.
Nigeria fired German coach Gernot Rohr in December after an unimpressive World Cup qualifying campaign and placed former Augustine Eguavoen’s former star in a temporary charge.
Eguavoen’s troops without continuing Victor Osimhen, Emmanuel Dennis and Odion ighalo for various reasons, but his team is proud to fight Egypt Mohamed wrong-Kadab.
The productive Liverpool goalscorer incorrectly did not touch the ball and only had one chance, late in the second half, to equalize.
A kegagey opened half controlled by Nigeria jumped into life on 26 minutes when the Moses Simon winger was behind the Egyptian defense and shot sideways from a difficult angle.
Simon played a major role when Super Eagles took four minutes later at 30,000 Stade Roumde Adjia’s capacity in the northwestern city of Garoua.
The cross was only cleaned in part by Ahmed Hegazy and Nigeria Joseph Aribo nodded on the Ihaancho lane which hammered half a volley through goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy.
The far more energetic Nigerian side deserves ahead against lethargic opponents with hunger in 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat.
Iheanacho almost set up the second goal for Nigeria before the first half, but Passinya to Taiwo Awonyi was too strong and Elshenawy let go of the line to collect the ball.
Egypt almost fell further behind a few minutes to the second half when Elshenawy got the awoni header and the ball back playing from under the crossbar.
Simon’s speed is a constant threat on the left, while the Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is a mere audience with Egypt who cannot put pressure.
Wrong, sporting shorter hairstyle, finally got the chance to score because the match entered the last quarter, but the close-range products were blocked by Okoye’s feet and cleaned.
Meanwhile, in the first three matches on Tuesday, defending champions Algeria was surprisingly held in the group 0-0 E Draw by Minnows Sierra Leone in the city of Port Atlantic Douala.
Yacine Brahimi missed the best chance of holders at the start of the second half when he found himself only with the goalkeeper to beat, only for Mohamed Kamara to hold his shot at the second attempt.
The third day of the group equipment will be completed when Guinea-Bissau faces Sudan in Group D’s outsiders clash in Garoua in 2000 local time (1900 GMT).