Ademola Lookman’s first-half strike was enough to secure a hard-fought 1-0 win for the Super Eagles against Palancas Negras of Angola in the quarter-finals of the AFCON 2023 at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Friday, Completesports.com reports.

Lookman has now scored in back-to-back games after bagging a brace against Cameroon in the round of 16, taking his tally to three.

It was another impressive defensive performance by the William Troost-Ekong-led backline who have now gone four consecutive games without conceding a goal.

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First-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali and Alhassan Yusuf made a return to injury.

Angola, who made their third quarter-final appearance and first AFCON clash with the Eagles, went into the game on the back of a nine-game unbeaten run.

Troost-Ekong made a timely block for a comer from a cross on four minutes to deny

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