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Super Eagles fail to soar against Greece

Super Eagles fail to soar against Greece

Greece and Nigeria battled to a scoreless draw on Tuesday in an international friendly match that served as a 2014 FIFA World Cup™ warm-up for both teams.

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi

Greece had their fair share of chances, but couldn’t get past Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who made a superb double save on Georgios Samaras and Dimitris Salpingidis in the 8rd minute.

Greece had the majority of the opportunities in the first half as well, with Lazaros Christodoulopoulos firing a 30-yard rocket that just went high in the 21st minute. Ioannis Fetfatzidis was turned away in the 28th minute by Enyeama.

Early in the second half, Nigeria picked up their attack on the strength of Chelsea attacker Victor Moses, but his runs from the left wing came to nothing. In the 90th minute, Moses belted a shot from just outside the box that went wide.

Nigeria were coming off a 2-2 draw against Scotland in a friendly in London. The CAF Africa Cup of Nations champions will play USA in Jacksonville, Florida, in another friendly on Saturday and kick off their games in Brazil against Iran on 16 June in Curitiba. They will also face Argentina and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Group F.

 

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