Unfortunately, the Super Eagles bowed to Gareth Southgate's side despite putting in a decent shift in the second half of the encounter
Fans have reserved praise for Nigeria after overturning a poor start against England to settle for a 2-1 loss at Wembley on Saturday.
Tim Cahill’s header and Harry Kane’s shot gave the Three Lions a deserved first half lead before Alex Iwobi reduced the deficit for the visitors in the 47th minute.
Gernot Rohr’s made a bold call after the introducing Ogenekaro Etebo, Tyronne Ebuehi, Kenneth Omeruo and John Ogu for Ogenyi Onazi, Abdullahi Shehu, Leon Balogun and Joel Obi respectively.
In response to the changes, the Super Eagles found their feet in the game and fans have applauded them for their second half performance with calls for improvement before the 2018 Fifa World Cup commences.
jaineelbhatt
55
Nigeria 🇳🇬 deserves the praise to be honest..... They were playing damn worst in the first half..... It looked like 4-0 or 5-0 bt they played well against a superb england squad and thanks to iwobi's goal that wasted the keeper's clean sheet..... Good luck nigeria hope you go deep into world cup..... And well played england...... You deserve praise..... As you won
Kosview
51
Good second half from Nigeria. And great turn out from the Nigerian fans. But, I believe Nigeria should start Ihenacho over Ighalo. Secondly, although Mikel Obi had an okay game, someone needs to check his laziness. 6. 2km covered in the pitch is below average for a midfielder when the standard is 10km. He and Onazi are old and their athleticism is low.
Onyeka2
45
Our team is revolving, the world will see a solid team in Russia. Friendly matches is not about winning, it is for us to discover our weaker positions and correct them before the mundial. For those of us that watched the England match, we saw the changes in the second half and the impacts. Super Eagles' starting 11 is being moulded by the head coach, Gernot Rohr.
Akoman
41
I agree with you based on Mikel and Onazi, they were poor in the Game... Remember Mikel Didn't play Argentina game. So the guys were fast enough to march Argentina pace and won handsomely. Mikel Agu is energetic and would give the team the needed pace should he be called upon. But on Ighalo, no way... Ighalo will play and Iheanacho will at the same time. Ighalo playing as a centre forward and Iheanacho playing from flank...and Iwobi... Moses and Musa should be good from the bench, except Moses ups his game. The coach was wise. The world is yet to see his starting 11. The truth is that you can't predict this Nigerian Team.
donjim306
32
Nigeria can surprise the world at Russia. Come on, it's time for the Eagles 🦅 to fly
musayub
25
well, I will say dey real tried in the second half because dey where playing good football... the first half was filled with wrong passes, playing without control or even looking, just shot n kick... they where not organized generally n that's still a problem for the Nigeria team... we really need to work on that... please and please, I don't want to see that 1st half trash in World Cup. I would love more of the 2nd half kind of game in Russia... #HalaEagles
zeubksyz
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I surport the ldea iwobi in num 10 egbochi as wing back cover for our back is ok that nwa nkwo is more agresive than ighalo use him to start and ighalo second half . i know when ndidi comes back maybe mikel obi and ndidi central middle then iwobi 10 ihenacho 8 nwankwo top9 moses and egbochi wing back in the df shewu,ekong ,omeruo the spoiler, balogun is ok