Substitute Obinna Nsofor sealed the 2014 World Cup ticket for Nigeria as he came off the bench to score Nigeria’s second goal on a wet U J Esuene stadium in Calabar Saturday night.
The Super Eagles played without tension, no sence of urgency nor was there any sign of pannick on the side lines.
ECSTASY … Super Eagles Victor Moses celebrates his goal for the team at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar yesterday. Photo: Kehinde Gbadamosi
It was a match the Nigerians applied minimum force to see the aggressive Ethiopians off.
Victor Moses converted a penalty mid way into the first half. The Ethiopians dominated play in the midfield but the Nigerian defence that was reinforced by the presence of Chelsea defender, Kenneth Omeruo refused to yield.
The second half began in the same manner with the Eagles giving the visitors much room to operate. On noticing the dominance of the visitors, Keshi introduced Sunday Mba in place of Brown Ideye. Egwuekwe also replaced Omeruo while Nsofor was introduced in place of Victor Moses.
Nsofor soon made his presence felt with a well taken free kick, thirty metres away from the opponents half. He sealed Super Eagles qualification to Brazil.
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