Nigeria made three substitutions in Rabat and all three players who came on scored.
Gift Monday came on in the 41st minute and scored in first-half stoppage time. Uchenna Kanu came on in the 56th and scored in the 57th. Joy Omewa came on in the 86th and scored in the ninth minute of stoppage time at the end.
Two of them were set up by Rinsola Babajide, who started and was replaced by Omewa herself.
Four penalties, all four scored
Asisat Oshoala opened the scoring from the spot in the 21st minute and was substituted twenty minutes later.
Christy Ucheibe, who played at centre back, made it four with another penalty in the 81st. And Rasheedat Ajibade scored the sixth, a penalty again, in the first minute of stoppage time.
The fourth spot kick went to Egypt. Four were awarded in the match and all four were converted.
Egypt’s two goals came from the same player
Nadine Ghazi scored the first from the penalty spot, in the tenth minute of first-half stoppage time, and the second in the 84th, set up by Yassmin Zezo.
Her four attempts were almost the whole of Egypt’s attack. The side had five shots in ninety minutes.
Nigeria had twenty-five.
The rest of the match fits in two columns
Nigeria generated 4.93 expected goals and Egypt 1.01. Shots on target went nine to three, and clear chances six to one.
Egypt touched the ball six times inside the opposition box. Nigeria touched it thirty-six times.
Egypt defended a great deal: thirty clearances and sixteen interceptions, against twelve and four from their opponents. Their goalkeeper, Habiba Sabry, made three saves.
There were five bookings, three of them Egyptian, and no red cards.
Egypt finish the tournament on zero points, with three goals scored and fifteen conceded, after conceding six against Zambia and losing to Malawi in their first two matches.
Nigeria go through second on six points
The top three in Group C all finished on six points. The tie was settled on the goals each of them scored against the other two, and there Nigeria had three: one fewer than Malawi and one more than Zambia, who won their match and went out.
Nigeria came into this round needing to win and won by four goals.
In the group’s final table they are the side who scored most: nine goals, against Zambia’s eight and Malawi’s seven.
The defending champions will play their quarter-final at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations against the Group D winners, who are decided on Thursday.
