Nigeria: Super Eagles Breaks Argentina Jinx

Daily Independent (Lagos)

Tony Ezimaklor

1 June 2011

Abuja — Super Eagles on Wednesday broke Argentina jinx with a 4-1 defeat of the South Americans in an international friendly at the Abuja national stadium.

Before Wednesday match, both countries have met four times at the senior level, with Argentina winning three of those encounters and drawing one. But on Wednesday all these changed with Super Eagles securing its first victory.

Ikechukwu Uche got a brace with Obinna Nsofor getting the third off a spot kick, while Emmanuel Emenike made it four seven minutes into the second half.

Ikechukwu Uche started the victory song on 10 minutes when he took a left footer that was deflected by an Argentine player. Joel Obi left two argentines in his trail before a low pul-out from the right which Ike Uche connected.

Nsofor doubled the lead with 26 minutes played from the spot kick when Victor Anichebe was felled in the area.

Down by two goals, the Argentines started mounting pressure. In an exchange between Taye Taiwo and Nsofor that resulted in one of the best counter attacks by the team, the ball was given to Ike who headed for the third. Eagles got its fourth seven minutes into the second when /emenike capilised on defensive blunder to loop the ball on the Argentine goalkeeper. The argies got their only goal on 90 minutes via a controversial penalty.

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