Nigeria’s Super Eagles have reduced to babies, their opponents from Sao Tome and Principe, handing down to them 10 goals to nothing in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Victor Osimhen alone scored four goals.
Nigeria, who surprisingly missed out on a place at the World Cup in Qatar, completed the record rout, thanks to seven second-half goals as Terem Moffi (two), Moses Simon, Peter Etebo, Ademola Lookman and Emmanuel Dennis also got on the scoresheet.
The defeat today, June 13, which was held in the neutral location of Agadir in Morocco, is not the heaviest in Sao Tome’s history. They had lost to Congo 11-0 in 1976.
The win means that Nigeria have a full haul of six points from their opening two games as they seek to reach the continental finals in Ivory Coast next June.
The top two teams in each pool qualify, with Sierra Leone to meet Guinea-Bissau in the other game in the group on Monday.
