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Nigeria will conclude their March internationals with a friendly against Mali at the\u00a0Stade de Marrakech, kickoff 2100 hours Nigerian time on Tuesday, March 26.<\/p>\n
In Finidi George’s first game in the dugout, the Super Eagles registered their first win over Ghana in eighteen years courtesy of strikes from Cyriel Dessers and Ademola Lookman, while Black Stars captain Jordan\u00a0 Ayew scored a consolation in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
The Super Eagles have not lost to Mali since suffering a 4-1 defeat\u00a0 to their West African rivals in September 1975.<\/p>\n
Of the eleven times both nations have faced off, the Super Eagles have gotten the better of the Malians, having registered six wins compared to Mali’s two, while the two countries have drawn three games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Allnigeriasoccer.com<\/strong> takes a look at the two matches involving four current Super Eagles players that ended in wins for the three-time African champions.<\/p>\n Kenneth Omeruo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon and Alex Iwobi have helped Nigeria register wins against Mali.<\/p>\n 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Mali 1 Nigeria 4, February 6, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Elderson Echiejile, Brown Ideye, Emmanuel Emenike and Ahmed Musa found the net to kill the game as a contest inside one hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n The then rookie defender Kenneth Omeruo<\/strong>, who is the captain of the Super Eagles for the training camp in Morocco, played the full game at the age of 19 years and 112 days and gave a good account of himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n International friendly Nigeria 1 Mali 0, May 27, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n The Super Eagles’ most recent win against Mali came in a friendly staged at\u00a0Stade Robert Diochon in 2016.<\/p>\n Kelechi Iheanacho <\/strong>netted what proved to be the game-winning goal with a composed close range finish in the 77th minute after he was teed up by Michael Babatunde.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alex Iwobi<\/strong> and Moses Simon<\/strong> started from the off, super-sub Iheanacho hopped off the bench in the 74th minute, while Kenneth Omeruo was an unused substitute.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ifeanyi Emmanuel<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Copyright ANS<\/strong>
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