Madagascar celebrate group victory over Nigeria | Sports | '
In the final preliminary round match in Group B between the three-time African champions Nigeria and African Cup debut Madagascar, the roles were previously actually clearly distributed. But the players from the island off the coast of East Africa presented the clear group favorites Nigeria with problems and won 2-0 (1-0). Already in the games before they had positively surprised with a 2: 2 against Guinea and a 1-0 victory over Burundi.
Lalaina Nomenjanahary took the lead for Madagascar just 13 minutes into the game. The 33-year-old plays for FC Paris in the second French league. In the 53rd minute Carolus Andriamatsinoro increased to 2: 0. Nigeria's German coach Gernot Rohr subsequently changed sides twice, including striker Alex Iwobi from Arsenal, but the team did not make it past the turnaround. With this success, Madagascar (7 points) surprisingly secured the group victory ahead of the Nigerian "Super Eagles" (6). Both teams are in the second round.
Guinea beat Burundi 2-0 (1-0) in parallel play. The only scorer was Mohamed Yattara (25th and 52nd minute). Shortly after the kick-off Burundi's defender Christophe Nduwarugira had seen the red card (12). While Guinea (4) can still hope to go one more round in one of the top four group stages, the tournament for Burundi (0) is over after the preliminary round.
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