Aliyu Ibrahim struck late as Stephen Keshi&rsquo;s Super Eagles dramatically qualified for the African Nations Championship semi finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Morocco on Saturday. <br /><br />The victory was even sweeter as the Atlas Lions had led 3-0 at the end of the first half.<br /><br />The result meant the Super Eagles have zoomed to the semi finals of the competition.<br /><br />Morocco swept into a 3-0 lead when Mohsine Moutaouali&rsquo;s brace and Iajour Mouhssine caught the Azubuike Egwuekwe marshalled defence line unawares.<br /><br />Morocco scored thrice in seven minutes during the closing stages of the first half.<br /><br />It was a frantic second half with three goals coming after the break.<br /><br />Enugu Rangers midifielder Ugonna Uzochukwu brought Eagles back to life at 3-1 with a close range effort.<br /><br />Minutes after Ugonna&rsquo;s restoration effort, Kano Pillars playmaker, Rabiu Ali smashed home a volley on the edge of the 18-yard area to make the scoreline 3-2.<br /><br />The Morocco technical crew would be disappointed when the boys threw away their advantage after some clinical finishing in the first half.<br /><br />Credit must go to Nigeria, though, who staged a late fightback when it looked like Morocco would be comfortable in victory.<br /><br />Amid the series of pressure by Nigeria, petit Ejike Uzoenyi collected his 3rd goal of the tournament in the 90th minute, thus dragging the game to extra time.<br /><br />Super Eagles&rsquo; game was built on a three-man midfield and early pressing, and twice they could have gone ahead before Ugonna&rsquo;s effort. <br /><br />With Ugonna forging a good partnership with Abdullahi Shehu and Rabiu Ali they helped Nigeria recover from a slow start.<br /><br />9 minutes before the end of extra time, Nigeria turned the game completely on it&rsquo;s head. <br /><br />Lamyaghri failed to hold onto his ball and Aliyu Ibrahim took advantage of his blunder to fire the West Africans to the semi finals of the tournament. <br /><br />Photo Credit : fmsite.net<br />