The three-time African champions qualified as the runners-up in Group C after Equatorial Guinea edged them to top spot on goal difference
Nigeria will trade tackles with Cameroon in the last-16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng reports.
The Super Eagles booked their spot in the last-16 of the AFCON on Monday after beating Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in their last Group A fixture.
The three-time continental champions finished second in Group A behind Equatorial Guinea despite claiming the same number of wins (2) and draws (1) as the National Thunder.
After finishing as runners-up in Group A, the Super Eagles were scheduled to meet with the runners-up in Group C.
After the final round of Group C matches played on Tuesday, Senegal sealed the top spot with nine points following a 2-0 victory over Guinea, courtesy of second-half goals from Abdoulaye Seck and Iliman Ndiaye.
With their tough loss to Senegal, Guinea lost second place as Cameroon rallied late to beat Gambia 3-2 in the other group match.
The Cameroonians were on the way out of the competition by the 85th minute when Gambia led by 2-1 after turning around a one-goal deficit.
However, luck smiled in the direction of the Indomitable Lions two minutes later when Gambia's defender James Gomez put through his own, and Christopher Wooh headed home a stoppage-time winner for the former champions.
The last Nigeria faced Cameroon in the knockout round of the AFCON was in 2019, when an Odion Ighalo brace and a fine Alex Iwobi strike propelled the Super Eagles to a 3-2 victory.
Cameroon are, however, Nigeria's worst nightmare at the AFCON, with the Indomitable Lions beating the Eagles at the 1984, 1988, and 2000 finals to win gold.
BOTH OF THEM ARE USELESS TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT.
** THEY HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER IN AFCON
Both Nigeria and Cameroon have make shift teams. The match could go either way. SE isn’t better than Cameroon to me.
Victor Osimhen will surely demolish Cameroun Defence – this Saturday [27/01/24] ….
Enough is enough for Cameroun Team .
The Supper Eagles of Nigeria has all that it takes to defeat the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun that day [27/01/24] …
Quote me anywhere ….
Sadly, it maybe Peseiro Last match with Eagles if he doesn’t apply similar tactics that was used against Ivory Coast and with Moses switching to the right wing, Musa or Samuel to the outside left. A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE