{"id":28712,"date":"2025-12-24T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/12\/24\/afcon-lookman-strike-gives-nigeria-a-winning-start-against-tanzania\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:30:13","slug":"afcon-lookman-strike-gives-nigeria-a-winning-start-against-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/12\/24\/afcon-lookman-strike-gives-nigeria-a-winning-start-against-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON: Lookman strike gives Nigeria a winning start against Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nigeria Wins Against Tanzania<\/h1>\n<h2>Introduction to the Match<\/h2>\n<p>Nigeria started Group C of the Africa Cup of Nations with a win, earning three points after a challenging match against Tanzania. The game, played in Fes, was marked by rain and saw the Super Eagles face stubborn opponents.<\/p>\n<h2>The Turning Point<\/h2>\n<p>Ademola Lookman&#8217;s long-range strike proved to be the decisive factor, securing Nigeria&#8217;s victory. Despite missing several chances, the team managed to lift themselves past their opponents, overcoming a brief moment of shock in the second half.<\/p>\n<h2>Match Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The rain-soaked clash was intense, with both teams exhibiting determination. However, it was Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles that emerged victorious, thanks to Lookman&#8217;s crucial strike. The win marks a positive start for Nigeria in Group C of the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria Wins Against Tanzania Introduction to the Match Nigeria started Group C of the Africa Cup of Nations with a win, earning three points after a challenging match against Tanzania. The game, played in Fes, was marked by rain and saw the Super Eagles face stubborn opponents. The Turning Point Ademola Lookman&#8217;s long-range strike proved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/1a2a5044-de24-11f0-882e-005056bfb2b6\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/AP24033638360577.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[21147,21144,11756,21148,4201,21145,12398,21146],"class_list":["post-28712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2012-africa-cup-of-nations-qualification","tag-ademola-lookman","tag-africa-cup-of-nations","tag-fez-morocco","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-national-football-team","tag-tanzania","tag-tanzania-national-football-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28714,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712\/revisions\/28714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}