{"id":67030,"date":"2025-05-31T20:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67030"},"modified":"2025-05-31T20:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:17:27","slug":"unity-cup-nigeria-edges-jamaica-on-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/31\/unity-cup-nigeria-edges-jamaica-on-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Cup: Nigeria Edges Jamaica on Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>&#8230;as Chelle Claims First Trophy as Super Eagles Coach<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles of Nigeria clinched the 2025 Unity Cup title in dramatic fashion on Saturday, edging past Jamaica 4\u20133 on penalties after a pulsating 2\u20132 draw in regulation time at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, London.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks Eric Chelle\u2019s first trophy as head coach of the Super Eagles, barely months after taking the helm of the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria opened the scoring through Moses Simon, who finished off a sweeping move involving Cyriel Dessers and Wilfred Ndidi, whose incisive through ball sliced open the Jamaican defense. But the lead was short-lived, as Kaheim Dixon equalized for the Reggae Boyz with a composed finish.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Samuel Chukwueze restored Nigeria\u2019s advantage with a moment of individual brilliance-gliding past defenders before burying a low shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jon Russell struck back for Jamaica, leveling the tie once again and sending the match to penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The shootout saw both sides convert their first three kicks. The breakthrough came when Dwayne Atkinson\u2019s effort crashed against the bar.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Onyemaechi then slotted in confidently before debutant Chrisantus Uche sealed Nigeria\u2019s win with a composed final strike.<\/p>\n<p>The win not only underscores Nigeria\u2019s attacking depth but also signals a promising start for Chelle\u2019s tenure, as the Super Eagles build momentum ahead of the next international window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;as Chelle Claims First Trophy as Super Eagles Coach By Njoku Chijioke The Super Eagles of Nigeria clinched the 2025 Unity Cup title in dramatic fashion on Saturday, edging past Jamaica 4\u20133 on penalties after a pulsating 2\u20132 draw in regulation time at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, London. The victory marks Eric Chelle\u2019s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67031,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67030\/revisions\/67031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}