A rare Mikel Obi goal and another from Aminu Umar was enough to give the Eagles victory over their Danish counterparts and set up a semi-final with red-hot Germany.
The Eagles took the lead in the 16th minute when team Captain Mikel Obi slotted cooly past the Danish goalkeeper, In the 59th minute Umar got the second goal to kill off the game and keep the team’s hope of a gold medal alive.
The Eagles will now face Germany who eased past Portugal with an astonishing 4-0 result to make it to the Semi-Finals. The Nigerian team will have a lot to do to beat the Germans.
Meanwhile, the team have also finally received their allowances. They had threatened to boycott the Denmark game if they were not paid.
The Government finally came through and paid the players and coach their outstanding allowances.
“The Sports Ministry has cleared all camp allowances of the Dream team in Rio. Players and officials have now been paid 22 days allowances,” the team spokesman, Timi Ebikagboro told africanFootball.com.
This means each player has now received $3,300 with coach Samson Siasia getting twice that amount.
This was a good boost and the Eagles are now well on their way to doing the country proud and emulating the 1996 class who won the gold medal in the tournament.