Nigeria Super eagles blew their chances over Stallions of Burkina Faso last night at the last second. I used the word last second because it was indeed the last second of the match. Emmanuel Emenike scored for Nigeria on the 23rd minute and the Eagles led the game till the last second when Alain Traore equalized the game. Efe Ambrose was sent off on the 75th minutes after being shown the second yellow card for foul. One peculiar thing about the super eagles is that they have always failed to defend their goals especially when one player is sent off. It did not start today.
I recall that during Nigerian pre-tournament friendly with Cape Verdes, Many Super Eagles players were booked including Efe Ambrose whose performance was being hampered by indecision during the match. Now Nigeria has only one point. This AFCON tournament has been particularly different with teams ending with either barren draw or equalizing at last.
Meanwhile, Coach Stephen Keshi did not include Victor Moses because according to him, Moses sustained hamstring injury during training but may likely play in the next game.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (4) & SUBSTITUTIONS (6)
Nigeria
- 01 Enyeama
- 02 Yobo
- 03 Echiejile
- 05 Ambrose Dismissed after an earlier booking
- 14 Obobona
- 08 Brown (Omeruo - 78' )
- 10 Mikel
- 13 Ogude Booked (Onazi - 70' )
- 20 Igiebor Booked
- 07 Musa
- 09 Emenike (Uche - 58' )
Substitutes
- 16 Ejide
- 23 Chigozie Agbim
- 06 Egwueke
- 21 Oshaniwa
- 22 Omeruo
- 04 Obiorah
- 12 Gabriel Reuben
- 17 Onazi
- 11 Moses
- 15 Uche
- 18 Uzoenyi
- 19 Mbah
Burkina Faso
- 16 Soulama
- 04 Kone
- 08 Koulibaly
- 12 Panandetiguiri
- 05 Mohamed Koffi
- 06 Kone
- 07 Rouamba (Traore - 82' )
- 11 Pitroipa
- 02 Hughes-Wilfried Dah (Sanou - 46' )
- 09 Dagano
- 15 Bance (Traore - 65' )
Substitutes
- 01 Diakite
- 23 Germain Sanou
- 03 Traore
- 10 Traore
- 13 Ouattara
- 14 Balima
- 17 Rabo
- 18 Kabore
- 20 Sanou
- 21 Traore
- 22 Prejuce Nakoulma
- 19 Koulibaly
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