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Thursday 29 May 2014

Nigeria forced Scottland to a draw

The International friendly match played by the Super Eagles against Scottish National team in London ended in a draw, score 2-2. The score was opened by Charlie Mulgrew on the tenth minute of the game. However, at the 41st minute,4 minutes before half-time Michael Uchebo received a pass and went on to leveled with a strike that deflected off Grant Hanley to the delight of the Nigerian fans. Midway into the second half,an own goal from the Azubuike Eguekwe gave the scottish team the lead in the 52nd minute. Nigeria was unable to equalise until the last minutes of the game, when substitute Uche Nwofor struck. Super Eagles will have two more friendlies, on 3rd June and 7th June,2014 with Greece and USA respectively, before their Group F opener against Iran on June 16. The scores of other friendlies played are: U.A.E. 3 - 4 Armenia France 4 - 0 Norway USA 2 - 0 Azerbaijan South Korea 0 - 1 Tunisia Denmark 1 - 0 Sweden Angola 2 - 0 Morocco Mexico 3 - 0 Israel

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