With a difficult victory over Tunisia, Nigeria qualified for the round of 16 in the “African Nations”

And he scored Victor Osimhen The progress of goals Nigeria In the 44th minute, Ndidi added a second goal in the 50th minute, before Ademola Lookman completed the hat-trick in the 67th minute.

Montaser Talbi scored a goal Tunisia The first in the 74th minute, and Ali Al-Abidi added the second goal from a penalty kick in the 87th minute.

With this victory, Nigeria raised its score to 6 points in first place in Group C, while Tunisia’s score stood at 3 points in second place.

Nigeria, who won the African Championship three times in 1980, 1994 and 2013, finished second in the round of 16 behind Egypt, who climbed from the top of Group Two with a 1-0 win in South Africa on Friday.

But Tunisia, coached by Sami Trabelsi, who have won the tournament once before in 2004, will be hoping to reach the third round when they face Tanzania in Rabat, while Nigeria face Uganda in Fez.

Earlier on Saturday, Uganda and Tanzania drew 1-1, earning each their first point of the tournament. In Morocco.