Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo makes amends to punish Burundi

Written by on June 24, 2019

Almost a year on from his famous miss, the Nigeria striker came off the bench and travelled back in time to give Super Eagles lift-off

It took a lot longer than most would have guessed, but sometimes it’s hard to tell precisely what you have been missing until you find it.

So it proved on Saturday night in Alexandria: as Odion Ighalo ran on to Ola Aina’s backheel, opened up his body, and shot just inside the far post, it became clear. As David Tomlinson once said, it was simply necessary to “do it with a flair”.


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