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Super Eagles win 2025 Unity Cup,

Super Eagles on Saturday night, won the 2025 Unity Cup, defeating Jamaica 5-4 on penalties after fulltime scores stood at 2-2 .

Debutant Chrisantus Uche scored the winning penalty kick for Nigeria after Kelechi Iheanacho, Tolu Arokodare, Bruno Ontemaechi and Moses Simon all put away their own kicks.

Nigeria opened scoring after only nine minutes, when captain Moses Simon finished off a good move started by Cyriel Dessers.

But Jamaica equalised two minutes later.

Samuel Chukwueze again edged Nigeria in front in the 53rd minute, only for the Reggae Boyz to again peg them back in the 64th minute.

There were no more goals in regulation and the final game had to be decided by the lottery of penalty shootout.

 

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