Nigeria’s Super Eagles B have crashed out of this year’s Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) after suffering a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Sudan in their second Group D match on Tuesday.
It is the team’s joint heaviest defeat in the history of the tournament after they also lost 4-0 to Morocco at the 2018 edition.
Eric Chelle’s side went into the encounter hoping to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to champions Senegal on matchday 1.
For the Sudanese, they secured a 1-1 draw with Congo in their own opening fixture.
In the group’s other match also played on Tuesday, Senegal forced Congo to a 1-1 draw.
After the conclusion of matchday 2, Sudan seat top of the group on four points while Senegal, also on four points are second.
Congo are third on two points and the Super Eagles B are bottom with no point.
The Super Eagles B will face Congo in their final Group D game on August 19 while Senegal will battle Sudan also on the same day.
Congo must beat the Nigerian team to stand a chance of progressing to the knockout round.
The Super Eagles B bossed the early exchanges and thought they had taken the lead on 22 minutes through Anthony Ijoma but his effort was ruled out for offside after consultation with VAR.
However, Sudan took the lead in the 25th minute as Abdel Yagoub’s strike hit the crossbar and came off defender Leonard Ngenge for an own goal .
Things wemt from bad to worse for Ngenge as he conceded a penalty for handball, which Walieldin Khidir converted to put Sudan 2-0 up.
In the 56th minute Sudan went 3-0 ahead through Omer Yagoub who volleyed home a low left-foot strike after the Super Eagles B failed to deal with a cross.
Yagoub then made it 4-0 in the 62nd minute with a superb volley which came off the bar before settling inside the net.
