{"id":6861,"date":"2018-02-01T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T05:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2018-02-01T22:23:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T05:23:56","slug":"chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n

\"\"<\/a>The final of the ongoing Championship for African Nations (CHAN<\/span>) will be between hosts, Morocco, and Nigeria. Morocco beat Libya 3 \u2013 1 whiles Nigeria managed a one-nil victory against Sudan.<\/p>\n

\n

Playing at a packed Complexe Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco needed extra time to beat fellow north Africans Libya on Wednesday evening. The first-half ended goalless but on the 73rd minutes mark CHAN<\/span> record top scorer Ayoub El Kaabi scored.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The lead was cancelled thirteen minutes later as Libya\u2019s Abdulrahm Khalleefah hit an equalizer sending the game into extra time.<\/p>\n

El Kaabi extended his scoring record with a goal in the first part of the extra time. Morocco sealed a dominant performance when Walid El Karti scored a penalty to put the result beyond Libya.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\"View<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\u00a0FULL TIME | Morocco – Libya 3-1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the other fixture between Nigeria and Sudan at the Grande Stade Marrakech, it was the west Africans who took a first-half lead through Gabriel Okechukwu\u2019s 16th minute goal.<\/p>\n

The dynamics of the game changed in the second-half as Nigeria\u2019s Ifeanyi Ifeanyi was sent off. Both managers quickly tinkered with their squads with a number of quick substitutions. But Nigeria held on to set up a final with the hosts.<\/p>\n

The third-place match is scheduled for Marrakech on February 3 between losing semi-finalists Libya and Sudan whiles the final will be in Casablanca on Sunday February 4, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The final of the ongoing Championship for African Nations (CHAN) will be between hosts, Morocco, and Nigeria. Morocco beat Libya 3 \u2013 1 whiles Nigeria managed a one-nil victory against Sudan. Playing at a packed Complexe Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco needed extra time to beat fellow north Africans Libya on Wednesday evening. The first-half […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/db1344e5d6b91e2f5d2eb1e20414504e\"},\"headline\":\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0 \u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"SPORT NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\",\"name\":\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0 \u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"width\":152,\"height\":152,\"caption\":\"Nigeria News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/db1344e5d6b91e2f5d2eb1e20414504e\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a8395a1649ed0fde2d906dabe2b03bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a8395a1649ed0fde2d906dabe2b03bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","description":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","og_description":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/","og_site_name":"Nigeria News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/","article_published_time":"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/db1344e5d6b91e2f5d2eb1e20414504e"},"headline":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0 \u00a0","datePublished":"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/"},"wordCount":234,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg","articleSection":["SPORT NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/","name":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-02T05:23:56+00:00","description":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_429497.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/chan-2018-final-nigeria-meets-morocco-february-4\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CHAN 2018 final: Nigeria meets Morocco on February 4\u00a0 \u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","name":"Nigeria News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization","name":"Nigeria News","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","width":152,"height":152,"caption":"Nigeria News"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/db1344e5d6b91e2f5d2eb1e20414504e","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a8395a1649ed0fde2d906dabe2b03bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a8395a1649ed0fde2d906dabe2b03bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}