Zimbabwe And Nigeria Battle For Bronze

Nigeria and Zimbabwe will this afternoon do battle as they play for Bronze in a third place encounter place at the ongoing Africa Nations Championships. Both teams were eliminated via penalty shootouts after playing goalless draws in their respective Semi-final encounters on Wednesday. Today’s match is billed for 4pm today.

Rabiu Ali and Ejike Uzoenyi are both in contention for the Golden boot having netted three times each in the competition.

Nigeria has several injury problems to contend with whereas Zimbabwe has a full squad available for selection. The warriors of Zimbabwe have conceded just one goal in normal time over their five matches so far. Their forwards have also scored just thrice