Burkina Faso's Alain Traore scored with the last attack of the game to rescue a 1-1 draw for Burkina Faso from their opening Africa Cup of Nations match against Nigeria.
The Super Eagles controlled the opening exchanges but did not go on to break the deadlock until the 22nd minute. Brown Ideye managed to flick the ball on for Spartak Moscow striker Emmanuel Emenike, who in turn poked it into the net from close range.
While Nigeria continued to be the dominant force, they failed to add to their tally before the half-time whistle.
Ikechukwu Uche had a good chance to claim a second for his nation after the restart, but he shot wide from just two yards out with 65 minutes on the clock.
Then, eight minutes later the Greens found themselves a
man light when Celtic's Efe Ambrose was handed a second yellow card for a
challenge on Paul Koulibaly. Despite the fact that they were at a numerical disadvantage, Nigeria still looked the more likely to score the game's second goal. However, poor finishing, particularly from John Obi Mikel, meant that they failed to find the net.
Their failure to do so was punished four minutes in stoppage time when Auxerre's Traore found himself unmarked 10 yards from goal and he responded by rolling the ball into the net.
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When one wants to die via hypertension, I will always recommend he/she should watch super eagles match.
ReplyDeleteluck was nt on our side,they played well,we pray for better days~ikuetemi madoc esq
ReplyDeleteno team work at all .they could hv held d ball at dat last minute and defend dea only goal instead of trying to score again.d equalizn goal came as the result of lukn for mo goal.
ReplyDeleteSUPER EAGLES DID WELL, THE OUTCOME WAS JUST FATE AT WORK.
ReplyDeleteA disappointing match and tactical changes meant to seal d mid-field and change formation to 4-4-2 wen dey av d ball and a 5-4-1 wen the opponent av d ball. Its silly mistake am highly disappointented
ReplyDeletewell our super chickens, sorry i mean eagles are on it again
ReplyDeleteEvery one dat wath dat macth will agree with me dat SUPER EAGLE are now SUPER FUCK-UP. D reffrees,their own case av been handed ova 2God. But 2 super fuckup,what dey need is FOCUS and UNITY. Nomata d presure unda d tension day can still press on when there is libert on.
ReplyDeleteluck will never be at our side. this is not Nigerian national team but sectional(eastern Nigeria)team. so nobody is praying for them from west or north.
ReplyDeleteI didn't expect anytin beta.it is a typical present day nigeria team n performance
ReplyDeleteSteve I agree with you, what stopped them from 'balloning'out for the rest of the 4 minutes extra time? They didnt played like real professionals. You could see Enyeama shouting at Yobo just before the equaliser. It was so disappointing!
ReplyDeleteHope alive. Go on Super Eagles.
ReplyDeleteOkay.
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