Another controversial decision by the VAR in the match between Nigeria and Sudan on Saturday. The VAR decision to award a penalty to Sudan in the second half of the game have generated several negative reactions because the incident should not have resulted to a penalty

Nigeria continued their impressive performance in this year AFCON after an entertaining first half performance that provided 2 goals

Austin Eguavon named a strong team against Sudan who played draw in their first match. Moses Simon, Awoniyi and Kelechi Iheanacho lead the attack for Nigeria

Chukwueze scored the first goal of the match in the 3rd minutes of the game after a brilliant assist from Moses Simon. The Villarreal forward made no mistake to give the Super Eagles the lead.

Nigeria dominated the game right from the moment they scored the first goal in the 3rd minutes of the game. Taiwo Awoniyi gave Super Eagles the second goal of the match towards the last minute of the first half.

Nigeria could have scored more than 2 goals in the first half but the attackers were not convincing in front of the goal keeper. The Second half of the game started with an impressive performance from both teams before Moses Simon scored the 3rd goal for Nigeria in the 46th minutes

The VAR decision to award a penalty to Sudan in the 70th minutes of the game have been heavily criticised. The Referee’s initial decision should have stand because the Sudan player overreacted to the incident.

It was an intentional foul by Ola Aina but the VAR ordered the Referee to check the screen. Khidir converted the penalty brilliantly to give his team a consolation goal.

With the 3-1 victory for Nigeria, the Super Eagles have now qualified for the knock out stage.