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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers United forward, Nyima Nwagua praised his teammates for their incredible effort in the away win against Daring Club Motema Pembe of Congo Democratic Republic.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian champions edged the contest 1-0 despite playing with 10-men for the entire second half.<\/p>\n

Rivers United were reduced to 10-men late in the first half after left-back Ebube Duru was sent off for a second bookable offence.<\/p>\n

Paul Acquah fired home the winning goal on 52 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nwagua took to social media to celebrate the victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncredible mentality from the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank the Nigerian community for the support. Victory is sweet,\u201d the former Kano Pillars striker wrote on his Twitter handle.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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