SUPER EAGLES WINS BRONZE MEDAL AT CHAN

Nigeria secured a third-place finish at the 2014 African Nations Championship when they edged out a ten-man Zimbabwe side 1-0 at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Chinonso Obiozor, who was handed his first start of the tournament, scored the only goal of the match late in the second half to help his side finish the tournament on a high.The first chance of the match went the way of the Super Eagles in the 6th minute as Abdullahi Shehu skipped pass his marker inside the box before offloading to Christian Pyagbara, but he rushed his shot wide.
Zimbabwe were reduced to ten men in the 17th minute as Masimba Mambare was shown a straight red card for a high tackle on Nigerian goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim.
Chances were few and far between in the first half with the only shot on target coming from Abubakar Ibrahim in the 37th minute, but his effort was parried to safety by George Chigova.
Simba Sithole, who was booked for simulation late in the first half, threatened for the Warriors in the 55th minute when he turned his marker on the right side of the box, but he fired against the side netting.
Nigeria were then awarded a freekick in a dangerous area in the 64th minute but Kwambe Solomon saw his effort flying over the crossbar, while Ejike Uzoenyi was denied by a solid stop from Chigova at the near post in the 79th minute.The game opened up in the final ten minutes with both sides looking for the winner but Ibrahim shot straight at Chigova in the 80th minute, while Kuda Mahachi also failed to beat the goalkeeper at the other end four minutes later.
Stephen Keshi’s men avoided another penalty shootout as Obiozor netted the winner in the 85th minute, nodding home from close range after rising to meet a cross from Uzoenyi.