The Confederation of African Football has picked Odion Ighalo’s sublime strike in Nigeria’s 1-0 win against Burundi as the best goal of Match Day 2 at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ighalo, who came on as a substitute for Paul Onuachu in the 72nd minute, netted the decisive strike four minutes later. The Shanghai Shenhua of China forward received an exquisite back-heeled pass from Ola Aina and and curled the ball home from inside the box. “Seven goals to choose from, but only one got our goal of the day accolade – @ighalojude of @NGSuperEagles,” read a tweet on CAF’s official website. READ ALSO: Ighalo happy to break Eagles 13-year opening game jinxIghalo was top scorer in the AFCON 2019 qualifiers with seven goals, one more than Burundi striker Fiston Abdoul-Razak.

Source: Punch June 24, 2019 00:00 UTC