The Super Eagles are out of the African Nations Championship after Sudan hammered the team 4-0 on Tuesday night.
It is the most humiliating defeat so far, as the group stage of the tournament is coming to a close.
Yet it never looked as if a big defeat was in the offing as the game kicked off, and Nigeria was dictating the pace.
The Super Eagles even though they had taken the lead in the 22nd minute when, in transition from defence into attack, Anthony Ijoma got the ball floated to him just by the half line.
He broke loose and found the net. But his effort was chalked off by the VAR for a marginal offside.
In a twist of fate, barely a minute later, Nigerian defender, Leonard Ngenge, in an attempt to deflect with a header a shot by Sudan’s Abdel Yagoub ended up putting the ball into the Nigerian net for an own goal for Sudan.
Poor Ngenge! As the first half was wearing out, the ball landed on his outstretched hand to give away a penalty kick, which Walieldin Khdir converted for Sudan’s second goal.
Ten minutes into the second half, the flaming Sudanese were already three goals up as Abdel Yagoub, with a left foot, scored the first of his two goals of the day.
They wrapped up their big win with the fourth goal in the 62nd minute to take the lead of the Group.
Nigeria’s last group match against Congo is merely to fulfil the fixtures.