{"id":16284,"date":"2017-10-07T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16284"},"modified":"2017-10-07T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T18:59:25","slug":"nigeria-first-african-team-to-qualify-for-russia-2018-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16284","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA, FIRST AFRICAN TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles brought joy to the nation tonight after securing a 1-0 victory over Zambia on Saturday to become the first African team to qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"twitter-video twitter-video-rendered\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-tweet-id=\"916718729966309377\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Super Eagles, though, late,\u00a0 got a\u00a0second-half goal by substitute Alex Iwobi which separated both sides in a hotly-contested encounter that was littered with a myriad of near-misses and missed gilt-edged chances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The final match which was very entertaining also witnessed a harvest of missed opportunities on both sides and of course have sparked lots of conversations\u00a0in the social\u00a0media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Super-eagles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16285\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Super-eagles-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Super-eagles-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Super-eagles.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=14655&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles brought joy to the nation tonight after securing a 1-0 victory over Zambia on Saturday to become the first African team to qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup. 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