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Nigeria loses to suffer another blow to WC hopes
April 21, 2001
SportsLine.com wire reports
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FREETOWN -- Nigeria suffered another blow
to their hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals
after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat against Sierra Leone on
Saturday.
Sidque Mansaray of local team Eastern Lions scored the only
goal of the game after 25 minutes in front of 40,000 fans in
Freetown.
It was Sierra Leone's first win in five African zone group
two qualifying games.
Nigeria are two points behind joint leaders Liberia and
Sudan, who meet in Monrovia on Sunday, having played one game
more.
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