Samson Siasia, Nigeria's caretaker coach for the qualifiers after Sunday Oliseh's shock resignation started the match with Odion Ighalo , Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho staring in a three- pronged attack for the host team.
Obaobona started in the heart of the defence for the super Eagles while new captain John Mikel Obi started alongside Etebo in the heart of midfield as Siasia wanted his team to come out with all three points at home ahead of a tricky away tie in Egypt.
Nigeria pressurized in the first half with efforts from Etebo, Odion Ighalo and Kelechi Iheanacho unable to break the Egyptian defence down as the match ended 0-0 in the first half.
The second half began with Oghenekaro Etebo scoring in the 59th minute after an Iheanacho shot caused a rebound to which Etebo gladly put into the net.
Alex Iwobi was introduced with 8 minutes to go as he made his first competitive debut for Nigeria and tried with his teammates to increase Nigeria's lead over Egypt
Nigeria had chances to increase their lead with efforts from Etebo, Victor Moses and Ighalo unable to increase the lead.
With three minutes of extra time added, Mohammed Salah , Egypt's star man scoring after the Nigerian defence played him onside, much to the delight of the away team.
The pain and sadness on Samson Siasia's face was too evident to see as 20,000 Nigerian fans at the stadium in Kaduna left unhappy after seeing the home team drop two valuable points.
At the moment, Egypt are on top of group G with seven points from two matches, while Nigeria are two points behind with only the overall group winners guaranteed automatic passage to AFCON 2017 in Gabon.
50 comments:
Well!
how can you have seven points from two matches
ALRIGHT.
Thank God say I no watch!
Awwwwwwww dat's nice,atlest dey qualify...
Am angry joor. They just let dt Isi dada pharaoh to score us
LIB ADDICT#just passing#
Wawu
******************* All dis plenty story jux to tell say dem score 1-1 ???????? Abeg Linda ******** be my mouth piece ************** ask dem to wake up ************* don tell me say e no easy ************** e easy !!!!! My own hustle sef no easy
OMGGG!!!!what did I just read,I tot we qualify....crying my eyes out.
That has been a typical 9ja style.
7 pts 2 matches lol
How do expect Nigeria to win a team that the coach is on the verge of sack if he loses the match?
Lol
D guys played well, just dat luck was not on they side and Buhari should be held responsible.
Why should u be angry? Do u think it is an easy tin.
How do expect Nigeria to win a team that the coach is on the verge of sack if he loses the match?
Lol
Hahahahahaha linda DKM pls
7points from 2 games?
Hahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Very sad upon all the hype and new captain.. :(
The goal from the Egyptians was a clear upside.
If dem no qualify dis time, dey should try harder next time. Linda take note!
OK,seen.
Ok cool
It is well,am sure we will qualify
Good😕
All these footballers is only to be flaunting cars they know.. Qualify now they can't qualify... Mstcheww #Linda Ikeji Executive PA#
Mtchewww offside equalizer, if not that mumu who lost chance after he has dribbled goalkeeper. That madness linesman decision will not affected ðŸ˜
#reeshahr
Lmao. I was wondering too
Oliseh and gmb's bad luck!!!
That goal na ojoro
This guys need to wake up fast!!!! 9ja football is lethargic.
What a shame
Lol. She's not that a football person
OKORO UPGRADED
D boys be doing us proud
...merited happiness
We really played well.Been a long time I saw our super eagles play good football like this.It will be a very difficult mountain to climb.The damage has already been done.Not blaming Sunday Oliseh for the silly era he held sway is like not holding GEJ responsible for all the mess our economy is in today.Mtcheeeew! When incompetent people lead,they leave problems everywhere for others to suffer to solve it.
Our eagles are not flying like before mmm.
Lol pls how's my iwobi
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
A'ight.
I pray dey wil mak it. Dey allowd dat salla dat runs lik a tiger to score us jus at d last mins. Too bad
Nice try
Thats what u get if u dont make good use of ur chances. To be leading by 1 0 is dangerous in dis kind of match.
Alex iwobi shud have come on earlier. His impact was felt immediately he came on and Moses effort at goal came off him just after a few touches. I hope SiaSia learns to start with better quality next time especially when so much is at stake
Nigeria needs to start trying out other intl players. There are boys out there that will kill themselves for super eagles if given the chance. We need more aggressive players like John Ogu. My two cents
It is well
Your reply is so dumb bro. No offense
Very sad
A draw, it was painful
My bro said there can't be seven points for two matches oh
Thank God i didn't waste my time to watch the match.
Dollar affected the match.....una wan pay dem bonus with naira I hear.
It is better to promise little and deliver much than to promise heaven and earth only to deliver nothing worthwhile. It sulks to hear our players these days end game they have not even started at all in their favor.
Nija tried joor ...it's their finishing that let eem down
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