By Our Correspondent

African Champions, the Desert Foxes of Algeria Friday maintained its dominance over Super Eagles of Nigeria after defeating its rival 1-0 I an international friendly, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.

The match which served as preparatory ground for both teams ahead of next month 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers saw the Foxes outsmart the Eagles in the clash played in Austria

Super Eagles of Nigeria have lost their first match in 2020 to the African Champions, Algeria after Ramy Bensebaini’s 6th minute tap-in made the difference as Dessert Foxes keep their unbeaten intact after 19 matches.

Failure to come into the game in the early minutes of the friendly encounter against a well organized team cost the three-time African champion, back -to-back defeat to the North Africans

Recall that the Eagles lost to the the Foxes in the Semifinal of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt by 21 with Daniel Akpeyi gifting the m the winning goal in the dying minutes of the match.

2019 Golden Eaglets captain, Samson Tijani and Sanusi Zaidu made their Super Eagles debut during the match.

Nigeria will face Carthage Eagles of Tunisia next Tuesday by 7:30pm Nigeria time

Nigeria who are ranked 29th in the world need to win Tunisia so as not to move down the ladder in world rankings