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FC Nantes of France winger, Moses Simon is still rating high at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, despite the Super Eagles’ early exit at the competition in Cameroon, megasportsarena.com reports.
Against all forecasts, the Eagles fell 1-0 to Tunisia in the round of 16 to exit the competition in dramatic style, against a side that lost two of their three group matches.
That was in contrast with the Eagles’ 100% mark in Group B, where they defeated Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau to pile maximum points into the knockout stage.
Simon turned up as one of the Eagles’ major catalysts in the group stage, such that globally acclaimed football statistics site, Whoscored has rated him high among many of the players that got to the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Incidentally, only Liverpool of England attacker, Sadio Mane, who is already in Sunday’s final with Senegal, stands out ahead of Simon on the cards of players that achieved the most number of man of the match outings so far in the competition.
A report by allnigeriasoccer.com added: “Mane has been the best rated player in three of Senegal’s six matches in Cameroon and placed first ahead of six other African stars.
“In joint second place are Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/PSG), Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast/Arsenal), Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon/Lyon), Moses Simon (Nigeria/Nantes) and Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso/Troyes).
“The football statistics website picked Simon as the Man of the Match in Nigeria’s win against Sudan with a rating of 9.05 and he was the standout player in the 2-0 win versus Guinea Bissau with a 7.90 rating despite playing only the last 34 minutes.
“Simon proved to be the Super Eagles’ most potent attacking threat at the Africa Cup of Nations with his pace and trickery, and finished the tournament with a goal and assist.
“Beyond his goal involvement, the work done by the Nantes winger led to the goal scored by William Troost-Ekong in the dead rubber clash against Guinea-Bissau.”
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