{"id":22967,"date":"2025-03-21T18:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22967"},"modified":"2025-03-21T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:07:32","slug":"osimhens-brace-secures-nigerias-victory-over-rwanda-in-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22967","title":{"rendered":"Osimhen\u2019s Brace Secures Nigeria\u2019s Victory Over Rwanda in World Cup Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Victor Osimhen delivered a stellar performance on Friday, netting a first-half brace to propel Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles to a 2-0 victory over Rwanda in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Napoli forward, who has been in scintillating form with 26 goals for his club this season, opened the scoring in the 11th minute before doubling Nigeria\u2019s lead in first-half stoppage time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His clinical finishing ensured a triumphant start for new Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Chelle\u2019s tactical setup, a structured 4-4-2 formation, provided Nigeria with attacking fluidity while keeping Rwanda\u2019s Amavubi (The Wasps) on the back foot for most of the game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The victory also broke a streak of two consecutive draws between both teams in Kigali, reaffirming Nigeria\u2019s dominance in the qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">With this win, the Super Eagles take a crucial step forward in their World Cup qualification campaign, setting the tone for future fixtures under Chelle\u2019s leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen delivered a stellar performance on Friday, netting a first-half brace to propel Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles to a 2-0 victory over Rwanda in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Kigali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[92,6192,386,263,10415],"class_list":["post-22967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-nigeria","tag-osimhen","tag-rwanda","tag-victory","tag-world-cup-qualifier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22967"}],"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=22967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22969,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22967\/revisions\/22969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}