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Super Eagles beat Luxembourg 3-1
Nigeria’s Super Eagles continued their blissful run on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over the Red Lions of Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel.
The win, which is the second under caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf after Friday’s 1-0 win over Mali in France.
Brown Ideye opened scoring in the 36th minute from a rebound shot from Ogenyi Onazi after Umar Aminu outmuscled two defenders.
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Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, whose goal on Friday gave Nigeria a 1-0 victory over Mali, scored Eagles’ second goal in the 69 minutes from a defensive error.
Luxembourg pulled a goal back on 87 minutes through Vincent Thill but Watford striker Odion Ighalo extended Nigeria’s lead after a solo run by Iheanacho in stoppage time to make it 3-1.
Eagles vs Luxembourg line up
Daniel Akpeyi – Musa Mohammed, Elderson Echiejile, Kenneth Omeruo, Troost-Ekong (Arooyo 70) – Ogenyi Onazi (Wilfred Ndidi 63), Shehu Abdullahi (Raheem Lawal 63), Umar Aminu (Moses Simon 56), Alex Iwobi (Babatunde Michael 56) – Kelechi Iheanacho, Brown Ideye (Odion Ighalo 71)
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