Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr praised his team’s resolve after the three-time African champions came from two goals down to beat Argentina 4-2.

Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho (14) celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s first goal during an international friendly football match between Argentina and Nigeria in Krasnodar on November 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV

Nigeria won thanks to a goal each for Kelechi Iheanacho, Brian Idowu on his debut and a brace from Alex Iwobi.

“My players are mentally strong, they showed strong will.” Rohr said.

“I’m very happy with their performance. There were two completely different halves.

“The opening period was very hard. One could believe the match was already over after Argentina scored their second goal. But we managed to perform a comeback.

“After we scored we rearranged our play in the break and performed much better in the second half.”

The win will have been special for Idowu who was born in Russia and plays for Russian premier league club Amkar Perm.