Wasteful Nigeria’s Super Eagles settled for a 1-1 draw against a resilient Nzalang Nacional (National Thunder) of Equatorial Guinea in their opening Group A game at the AFCON 2023 inside the Alhassan Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan on Sunday, Completesports.com reports.

Osimhen scored his first-ever AFCON goal after drawing the Eagles level immediately following a shock lead by Equatorial Guinea through Iban Salvador Edu’s 38th minute curtain-raiser.

The duo of Stanley Nwabali and Alhassan Yusuf made their competitive debut for the Eagles.

The Ivorians kicked start their campaign with a 2-0 win against Guinea-Bissau on Saturday.

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Alex Iwobi tried a long-range shot just less than one minute into the game which Equatorial Guinea stopped.

In the 5th minute, Osimhen had the opportunity to open the scoring after a mistake by the opposition but he blasted

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