{"id":859683,"date":"2025-07-02T22:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/super-eagles-defeat-jamaica-to-win-unity-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:12:04","slug":"super-eagles-defeat-jamaica-to-win-unity-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/super-eagles-defeat-jamaica-to-win-unity-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles Defeat Jamaica To Win Unity Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Super-Eagles-players-celebrate-Unity-Cup-victory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"550\" alt=\"Super Eagles players celebrate Unity Cup victory\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1000'%20height='550'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20550'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Super-Eagles-players-celebrate-Unity-Cup-victory.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption>Super Eagles players celebrate Unity Cup victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Super Eagles of Nigeria earned a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Jamaica to emerge champions of the 2025 Unity Cup at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The regulation time ended 2-2 after Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze scored for the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Moses Simon opened the scoring in the ninth minute by finishing off an assist from Cyril Dessers before Kaheim Dixon restored parity for Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Chukwueze restored Nigeria\u2019s lead in the 53rd minute, and Jon Russel grabbed the equaliser for Jamaica 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides failed to find the back of the net to take the game straight into penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Tolu Arokodare, Bruno Onyemaechi, and Christantus Uche all scored for the Super Eagles, while Dwayne Atkinson missed for Jamaica to hand Nigeria a 5-4 win.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles have now won the tournament for the second time after winning the first edition in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first trophy under Eric Chelle, who took over in March. They will now switch focus to the friendly match against Russia on June 6.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va9kAwf1iUxdACERbg37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"182\" alt=\"Whatsapp Channel\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='728'%20height='182'%20viewBox='0%200%20728%20182'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/whistler-whatsapp-channel-banner.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/super-eagles-defeat-jamaica-to-win-unity-cup\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles players celebrate Unity Cup victory The Super Eagles of Nigeria earned a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Jamaica to emerge champions of the 2025 Unity Cup at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday. The regulation time ended 2-2 after Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze scored for the Super Eagles. 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