Nigeria’s hopes of progressing to the semi-finals of the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, the Olympic qualifying tournament, were dented by Egypt as the two sides drew 2-2 in their Group B match in M’Bour.<\/p>\n
Nigeria went into the second match of their group knowing a win would be enough to go through to the last four.<\/p>\n
At half-time they were on target for the victory, leading 2-0 thanks to two penalties from Etebo Oghenekaro who scored from the spot in the 20th minute and then again ten minutes later.<\/p>\n
But Egypt came out fighting after the break, scoring twice in five minutes to level proceedings.<\/p>\n
Ramadan Sobhi Ahmed started the comeback with a goal in the 46th minute to make it 2-1.<\/p>\n
Egypt then leveled the match thanks to a Mamdouh El Sayed strike in the 51st minute to keep their hopes of progressing alive ahead of the final round of Group B fixtures.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Algeria boosted their hopes of qualifying for next year’s Olympics with a 2-0 win over Mali in Wednesday’s first Group B match.<\/p>\n
Mali were the better side for long periods, but the loss means they cannot now advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
The deadlock was broken in the 73rd minute when Algerian substitutes Oussama Darfalou and Bentahar Meziane set up a tap-in for Zinedine Ferhat.<\/p>\n
A deflected shot from Zakaria Draoui sealed the win 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Algeria move onto four points, ahead of their final group match against Nigeria on Saturday, while Mali are still to register a point.<\/p>\n
Egypt’s final match in the group is on Saturday against Mali.<\/p>\n
The top three from the tournament will claim places at the men’s football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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