The two giants, Nigeria and Cameroon, will meet in the round of 16 next Saturday, the 27th of this month, at exactly eight o’clock GMT, at the Felix Offuih Stadium.
In 1984, the two teams met in the final of the African Cup of Nations, in the presence of 50,000 fans at Felix Stadium.
Cameroon won 3-1, winning the first African Cup of Nations title in its history.
Cameroon snatched second place in its group from Guinea after the latter’s loss to Senegal 2-0 and Cameroon’s victory over Gambia 3-2, while Nigeria ranked second in Group A on goal difference behind Equatorial Guinea.
The events of the match between the Cameroon national team and its Gambian counterpart ended with the untamed Lions winning 3-2 in the match that brought them together at Al Salam Stadium in the third and final round of the third group of the 2023 African Championship. Cup of Nations in the third group competitions.
With this result, Cameroon won three points, raised its score to the fourth point, and qualified as runner-up in Group C of the African Nations, and Gambia officially exited the tournament without points.