Ighalo takes third place in Nigeria and is the favorite to win the Golden Boot

Nigeria clinches third place at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-0 win over Tunisia in what was far from being a clbadic.

Striker Ighalo, 30, who plays for Shanghai Shenhua, hit the game's only goal just 130 seconds after the coup de send in front of a small crowd at the Al Salam stadium in Cairo.

Ighalo jumped up when The Jamilu Collins cross has led to confusion between Tunisian goalkeeper Moez Ben Cherifia and defender Ybadine Meriah. Ighalo is now leading the tournament goals standings with five goals. Algerians Mahrez and Ounas and Senegalese Mane are all three out of three and they have a chance to increase their totals when the two countries face each other in Friday's final at the Cairo international stadium. Cedric Bakambu also has three, but he is unable to add to the total.

Ighalo, top scorer in the 2019 qualifying competition with seven goals, left the field just before halftime with a hamstring pulled just a minute after Tunisian Khenissi was also forced to leave by injury.

Tunisia had little to offer in attack and despite a good start to the second half, it took 57 minutes before they had a goal attempt on the target.

Chukwueze has almost doubled Nigeria's lead when he saw his 25-yard shot tipped around the post in the 63rd minute, even if they were only one goal at a time, they were extremely comfortable.

Khazri almost caused trouble in Nigeria nine minutes after the end of the match, but he fails to find Chaoaut and between three Nigerian defenders, they cleared the danger.

Nigeria maintained its perfect record in the playoffs in the Nations Cup after winning another six games between the semi-finalists beaten. The first of these successes came in 1978 against Tunisia in an abandoned match just before halftime when North Africans stormed to protest a contested Nigeria equalizer.

Nigeria won a 2-0 victory in Ghana and has now won six more series, of which three in a row between 2002 and 2006. For Tunisia, it was a very disappointing way to finish the tournament, but it was their best tournament since the victory with us in 2004.