CHAN 2016: Ivory Coast Defeat Guinea To Win Bronze

Poor goalkeeping, sloppy defending and two missed penalties by Guinea cost them as Ivory Coast emerged 2-1 winners to take bronze at the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (Chan) on Sunday at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.

Ivory Coast started the match without two experienced defenders, Mahan Goua and Yace Marius who were both ruled out due of injury. They had both been part of Ivory Coast's five matches en-route to the final, commanding 802 minutes between themselves.

Abdoulaye Karim Cisse also started in goal ahead of Badra Ali Sangare, the latter saved a penalty against Mali before faltering as Yves Bissouma scored Mali's winner in the semifinals.

CHAN: Dejected Home Eagles To Return Back To Nigeria On Thursday

Guinea stunned Nigeria in a one goal encounter to dump Oliseh's Eagles out of the CHAN tournament in the group stage of the ongoing tournament in Rwanda.

The Super Eagles ‘B’ team will return to Nigeria from Rwanda Thursday night after they were sent packing from this year’s CHAN, officials have announced.

According to the team’s programme, they will fly out of Kigali direct to Lagos by 2pm local time.

CHAN 2016: Nigeria Needs A Point To Reach Quarter-Final

The Super Eagles of need at least a draw against Guinea in the final Group C clash in Rubavu on Tuesday.

Nigeria are top of the group with four points from two matches, but the first round section is still very much wide open with all four teams still in with a mathematical chance of reaching the knockout rounds of the tournament.

Both Tunisia and Guinea are on two points after they drew their first two matches, while Niger are bottom of the standings on a point.

CHAN: Nigeria vs Tunisia - Team News, Statistics & All You Need To Know

Tunisia holds the edge against Nigeria with the Northern African side recording a victory more than Nigeria but the Eagles believe they can equal the record today.

After an impressive demolition of Niger in her first group game at the 4th African Nations of Championship, Nigeria will have an eye on a spot in the quarter-final when the Super Eagles clash with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia on Friday.

The Eagles started the tournament with a bang hitting four past a hapless Mena side, who despite holding the Eagles for long periods of the game, couldn’t keep up with Nigeria’s fire-power.

CHAN 2016: Salisu Yusuf Express Confidence Over Eagles

As the home Eagles have certainly become the responsibility of the Eagles' assistant coach, Salisu Yusuf has expressed confidence concerning CHAN 2016 championship.

Super Eagles assistant coach, Salisu Yusuf has expressed deep confidence in the quality of players in his fold to deliver the goods at the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Kigali, Rwanda.

The team head off to Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday to commence final phase of preparation for the biennial football championship.