International Friendly: Nigeria's Group Opponent Suffers Defeat

  International Friendly: Nigeria's Opponent Suffers Defeat By Sampson Adedeji Nigeria's Super Eagles opponent in the upcoming 2021 African Cup Of Nations qualifier, Leone Stars of Sierra Leone, suffered the second consecutive defeat in the international friendly on Tuesday night, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Recall that they had earlier lost 2-1 to Mauritania in Thursday's friendly despite scoring first. The team lost 1-0 again to Mena of Niger on Tuesday night with Ibrahim Issa netting the only goal in the 54th minute. Leone star lost the first two round of matches in the qualifiers to Benin Republic and Lesotho. They will be hoping to relaunch their campaign when they face Nigeria's Super Eagles in a double header in November.