Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

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Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

Wilfred Ndidi's Nigeria beat Jamaica on penalties on Saturday evening to win the Unity Cup, while Jordan Ayew’s goal helped Ghana to finish third.

2025-06-01T10:00+01:00

by Matthew Temple

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01 Jun, 2025

Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

Wilfred Ndidi's Nigeria beat Jamaica on penalties on Saturday evening to win the Unity Cup, while Jordan Ayew’s goal helped Ghana to finish third.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-01T10:00+01:00

Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

Wilfred Ndidi's Nigeria beat Jamaica on penalties on Saturday evening to win the Unity Cup, while Jordan Ayew’s goal helped Ghana to finish third.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-01T10:00+01:00

Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

Wilfred Ndidi's Nigeria beat Jamaica on penalties on Saturday evening to win the Unity Cup, while Jordan Ayew’s goal helped Ghana to finish third.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-01T10:00+01:00

Ndidi Captains Nigeria To Unity Cup Final Win

Wilfred Ndidi's Nigeria beat Jamaica on penalties on Saturday evening to win the Unity Cup, while Jordan Ayew’s goal helped Ghana to finish third.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-01T10:00+01:00

Wilfred Ndidi captained Nigeria on Saturday evening against Jamaica
The Super Eagles won on penalties at the Gtech Community Stadium to win the Unity Cup
Jordan Ayew netted once and assisted twice for Ghana against Trinidad & Tobago to finish third

Our No.6, Ndidi, won the 2025 Unity Cup this weekend with Nigeria, after defeating Jamaica 5-4 on penalties at the Gtehc Community Stadium.

After 90 minutes, the game was level at two goals apiece, with the Reggae Boyz coming from behind both times to take the action to spot kicks.

Moses Simon opened the scoring nine minutes in, before Kaheim Dixon of Charlton Athletic levelled things up just three minutes later.

Leading Nigeria to victory.

Shortly after the restart, Samuel Chukueze put Nigeria back in front, assisted by Nathan Tella, but once again, Jamaica fought back in the capital as Jonathan Russell added his name to the scoresheet just past the hour mark.

It would take penalties to decide the winners, with all but one, including former Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, converting from 12 yards.

Dwayne Atkinson’s miss as the penultimate taker for Jamaica proved costly, as the Super Eagles' 100 per cent record in the shootout confirmed victory.

Earlier on in the day, also at the home of Brentford, Ghana took on Trinidad & Tobago for the honour of finishing third.

Finding the net in the third-place playoff.

Lining up as the captain and number nine for the Black Stars, it took Jordan Ayew just six minutes to score and find the opener, before playing his part in the next two goals of the afternoon.

Setting up Razak Simpson not long afterwards was followed by a Mohammed Fuseini strike, who also had the City forward to thank for the assist.

An own goal from Jabari St. Hillaire in the second half completed the 4-0 scoreline, as both Foxes finished on a high in the competition.

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