Nigeria suffered their second defeat at the ongoing Under-20 World Cup Championship in Cairo on Monday when they lost 2-0 to Spain.
Both goals came from the young Arsenal player, Fran Merida; one a superb chip, the other a confidently taken penalty.
For the second game in a row, Nigeria were reduced to 10 men when substitute, Gbolahan Salami was sent off.
The result means that the Flying Eagles will struggle to reach the next round of the competition- although that is not yet certain.
The match was a much improved performance by the Nigerian team who started with determination and strength.
Coach Samson Siasia made five changes to the starting line-up of the first game.
Nigeria’s only chance of advancing is to beat Tahiti convincingly tommorow and hope they place as one of the best placed teams in the tournament.
In the other Group B game, there was another 8-0 drubbing of Tahiti at the hands of Venezuela.
Elsewhere, ten-man Paraguay snatched a late winner to stun hosts Egypt 2-1 in injury time at the Cairo stadium.
Paraguay substitute, Aldo Paniagua produced a sublime volley in the fourth minute of injury time to defeat Egypt.
Egypt created several decent chances in the early stages, but Paraguayan keeper, Joel Silva displayed a fantastic performance to keep a clean sheet. ÂÂ
In group C, USA defeated another African representative, Cameroon by 4-1.