{"id":19530,"date":"2024-09-07T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19530"},"modified":"2024-09-07T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:04:04","slug":"lookman-osimhen-shine-as-super-eagles-secure-victory-over-benin-in-afcon-2025-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19530","title":{"rendered":"Lookman, Osimhen Shine as Super Eagles Secure Victory Over Benin in AFCON 2025 Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen were on target for the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lookman opened the scoring in the first half, with Osimhen adding a second goal to extend Nigeria&#8217;s lead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lookman then sealed the victory with his second goal of the match, completing a 3-0 triumph for the Super Eagles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lookman, recently nominated for the FIFA Ballon d&#8217;Or award, was a standout performer at AFCON 2023, where his goals helped Nigeria secure a runners-up finish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Osimhen, who endured a failed transfer on deadline day before joining Galatasaray on loan, linked up with his teammates on Thursday ahead of the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More to follow\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen were on target for the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19532,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19530\/revisions\/19532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}