THE SUPER EAGLES CRUSH THE INDOMITABLE LIONS

NIGERIA 4 CAMEROON 0
The reigning African champions were completely outplayed and outclassed in a footballing masterclass
by Gernot Rohr’s men in Uyo on Friday, with the super eagles putting a strong foot in Russia 2018.
















Nigeria put on a dazzling display matching their nickname as the “giant of Africa”. They completely
swept the Cameroonians away at the Godswill Akpabio stadium.
Goals from Odion Ighalo(China), John Obi Mikel(China), Victor Moses(England), Kelechi
Iheanacho(England) powered the Super Eagles past their fellow West African nation.
Gernot Rohr’s men went into the fixture at the back of a painful 2-0 defeat at the hands of South Africa
in their last competitive game and knew there was no room for mistakes.
The Cameroonians started brightly and had few chances but the Nigerians were beginning to tick and in
the 25th minute they scored through Ighalo from a brilliant delivery from Moses but was correctly ruled
offside. Few minutes later Ighalo was on hand to steer a fierce drive from outside the box past the
Cameroonian goalie Fabrice Ondoa.
Mikel doubled the lead by tucking the ball home from Moses’ corner. 2-0 it was at half-time and the Uyo
crowd got bubbling.
Victor Moses scored the third goal of the evening following a wonderful cutback pass from Moses
Simon. Kelechi registered his name on the scoresheet with 13minutes to go, heading the ball low from a
brilliant Ogenyi Onazi delivery.
The Super Eagles will travel to Yaoundé to play the return leg on Monday night and another three points
there points would guarantee their place in Russia 2018.