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Senegal 1-0 Nigeria: Super Eagles B start CHAN with defeat

Nigeria's home-based Super Eagles B started their campaign at CHAN with a 1-0 loss to Senegal.
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The Home-Based Super Eagles B of Nigeria suffered a 0-1 loss to Senegal in their opening game of the African Nations Championship (CHAN).

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The team led by Eric Chelle went viral as they started the game in Zanzibar dancing to hit song by Nigerian Afrobeats star Shallipopi.

Senegal 1-0 Nigeria

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Nigeria came into their first group game after two draws against Zanzibar.

The Home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria have started their CHAN campaign by dancing to Shallipopi.
The Home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria have started their CHAN campaign by dancing to Shallipopi.

Senegal on the other hand came into the game with two losses against Tanzania and Uganda.

It was not a good first half for Nigeria as two key players Raymond Tochukwu and Nduka Junior picked up yellow cards.

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There would be no goal scored in the first half as both sides went to the break level.

Don't sleep!!! Watch Nigeria's home-based Super Eagles take on Senegal in their opening group game of the CHAN.

The Super Eagles were unchanged to start the second half and Senegal began to progress forward.

The breakthrough came for Senegal in the 76th minute through Christian Gomis.

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Don't sleep!!! Watch Nigeria's home-based Super Eagles take on Senegal in their opening group game of the CHAN.

Eric Chelle would make four substitutions to change the score line in the late stages of the game.

Austin Harrison would pick up a yellow card for Nigeria as the Super Eagles were unable to find a late equaliser.

The game ended in a 1-0 win for Senegal who picked up all three points to start their campaign.

Nigeria's home-based Super Eagles B started their campaign at CHAN with a 1-0 loss to Senegal.
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The Super Eagles drawn in group D are now bottom after Congo and Sudan played out a 1-1 draw.

The Super Eagles return to action to takeon Sudan in their next group fixture.

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