MATCH
REPORT BETWEEN NIGERIA'S SUPER EAGLES AND ARGENTINA'S ALBIECELESTE
BY
ABDULMUMINI ADEKU..
It is the
most played match in all of World Soccer History ,Argentina has won in all four
previous meetings thus having a lot of confidence going into the game even if
the entire team had being epileptic in performance since the world cup
qualifiers started as it took them the very last game to squeeze themselves
into the plane to Russia courtesy of another Lionel Messi's heroics.
1st
minute:a quick inter change between the Super Eagles players sent the ball into
throwing as the big battle begins.
2nd
mnute:NEPA Switches off the electricity of a section of the residents at College
Road ,Ifako Ijaiye,Lagos,Nigeria as the power providers attempted to dampen the
high morale of fans in Nigeria but to no avail anyway.
5th
minute:Etebo's enterprising moves were cut short as Lionel Messi started his
own macy runs that got thwarted by the Nigerians as an Argie defender let's fly
at the face of NIgeria's goal through a hopeful shot.
8th
minute:Ahmed Musa 's inventive play led to a chance he crafted at goal but this
missed the target by the whiskers..
11th
minute:The game's general scenario at this stage showed an Argentine team
trying to assert its leadership but with Nigeria contesting all the vital moves
courageously.
12th
minute:a mix up in Argentina's half of the pitch gave the ball to Kelechi
Iheanacho who lost possession uncharacteristically to the agony of fans back
home in Nigeria.
13th
minute:An Argentine long pass from the centre circle found Lionel Messi who
ghosted past his Nigerian marker leaving him for dead thus allowing him to unleash his trade mark shot as the latinos drew the first blood.
It was
Argentina's first clear cut chance of the night and they took it immediately it
presented itself.
23rd
minute:SuperSports Commentator observed via the tube that the Argentine's were
applying more pressures on Nigeria than they did their two immediate
opponents:iceland and Croatia.
26th
minute:a majestic pass from the flanks by the mercurial and supremely gifted
Lionel Messi ripped Nigerian defence apart as Etebo missed his interceptions as
Gonzalo Higuain ran his body into goalkeeper Francis Uzoho who had come out to
save his nation from further punishment.
32nd
minute:a killer pass from Argentina led to Leon Balogun tripping his opponent
badly and a freekick was awarded to the Albieceleste of Argentina ..
the
resultant kick by Messi had a slight deflection from Uzoho en route the
woodwork before it was smothered away
39th
minute:a frustrated iheanacho showed how things were with an unfriendly gesture
depicting a sign of frustration as Musa
raced through into a ball to force a corner kick ..
41st minute:The
corner taken by Super Eagles was poorly reacted to by Etebo ,who then lashed
out with an ambitious kick at goal.
44th
minute:a confusion sets in at the Argies box leading to iheanacho been booted
in the head but there was no forms of punishment from the referee,the video
assisted referee became blind at this point but this is a case of a clear
penalty that was not given..
It is
strange that skipper for his side :John Obi Mikel did not challenge this...
45th
minute:it appears Gernot Rohr like in previous matches and even the friend lies
before the world cup told his boys to play deep in the first half so as to read
the game and come out smoking in the 2nd half always but analysts feel if you
have to stick to this type of game plan in the future then a deadly kind of
precision that only players like Messi,Ronaldo,Neymar can guarantee is what
will support this type of formular otherwise he will have to weave out a new method..
POSSESSION
:61 PERCENT FOR ARGENTINA,39 PERCENT FOR NIGERIA
SOURCE:SUPER
SPORTS
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