Osimhen double boosts Nigeria, Diedhiou hat-trick lifts Senegal


Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Valencia v Lille - Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - November 5, 2019 Lille's Victor Osimhen reacts REUTERS/Susana Vera

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nigeria's in-form forward Victor Osimhen struck twice as they came from a goal down to beat minnows Lesotho 4-2 in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group L qualifier in Maseru on Sunday.

The west Africans fell behind to an early strike from Masoabi Nkoto, but led by the break as Alex Iwobi equalised and Samuel Chukwueze put them in front.

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