Nigeria thumped Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 on Sunday evening to further stamp authority as giants of Africa.
Despite the rain at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, Napoli star Victor Osimhen began the party in the 14th minute when he scored from an Ademola Lookman assist.
Lookman then went on to get on to the score sheet himself some 14 minutes later as Wilfred Ndidi came through with the assist.
Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, made sure that the Super Eagles continued where they left off in the second half as he found the back of the net in the 53rd minute.
Osimhen grabbed his brace through a penalty in the 70th minute before completing his hat-trick 10 minutes later. He has now scored seven goals against Sao Tome in two group games. He also leads the Highest goal scoers chart with 10 goals from 6 games
Samuel Chukwueze’s 84th minute-goal sealed Nigeria’s emphatic win on the day. As he himself also grabbed a goal and an assist despite coming late on in the game.
The Super Eagles finished top of group A with 15 points and are also the highest scoring in the Qualifying series with 21 goals.
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