Nigeria Whip Argentina 4 – 2 at Krasnodar

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Game Over! Up Nigeria. The Super Eagles came from two goals down to humiliate Argentina in an international friendly on Tuesday.
The coach Rohr’s boys fought back from the two goals deficit to beat Argentina 4-2 in the international friendly at Krasnodar in Russia, with Alex Iwobi grabbing a brace.
Banega scored first for Argentina in the 26th minutes before Sergio Aguero made it two with a sensational goal at the 36th minute.
The Super Eagles was awarded a free kick at the 45th minute which Lecestert City forward, kelechi Iheanacho spinned to the right side of the net which gave the Super Eagles a life line before the end of the first half.
Just as the second half resumed, Alex Iwobi leveled the scoreline with an interesting comeback at the 45th minutes.  
Brian Idowu’s (Who made a debut for Nigeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner connecting an assist from Kelechi Iheanacho at the 52nd minute made it the third goal for Nigeria.
Alex Iwobi cemented the Super Eagles victory with his second goal of the match at the 73 minute.  The Argentina could not score at the second half despite their resilience and array of stars. The match ended Nigeria 4-2 Argentina.
See match updates below
90+1 Corner, Argentina. Conceded by William Troost-Ekong.
89: Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half
87: Substitution, Nigeria. Olarenwaju Kayode replaces Alex Iwobi.
84: Mikel Obi wins free kick for Nigeria
84: Attempt missed. Fernando Belluschi (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corne
83: Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Francis Uzoho
83: Attempt saved. Darío Benedetto (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Belluschi
80: Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by John Obi Mikel with a cross following a corner
80: Substitution, Argentina. Emiliano Insúa replaces Germán Pezzella
79: Corner, Nigeria. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi
77: Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Tyronne Ebuehi
77: Substitution, Argentina. Diego Perotti replaces Cristian Pavón
76:Substitution, Argentina. Emiliano Rigoni replaces Ángel Di María. 
75: Éver Banega (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75: Foul by Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
73: Goal! Argentina 2, Nigeria 4. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ahmed Musa.
70: Foul by Fernando Belluschi (Argentina
66: Attempt blocked. Éver Banega (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
63: Substitution, Argentina. Fernando Belluschi replaces Paulo Dybala.
62: Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
62: Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria)
61: Substitution, Nigeria. Kenneth Omeruo replaces Leon Balogun.
59;Offside, Nigeria. Tyronne Ebuehi tries a through ball, but Kelechi Iheanacho is caught offside.
58: Substitution, Argentina. Alejandro Gomez replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
56: Foul by Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina).
56: Chidozie Awaziem (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53: Goal! Argentina 2, Nigeria 3. Brian Idowu (Nigeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho. First kick first goal
52: Goal! Argentina 2, Nigeria 2. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho
51: Attempt missed. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho with a cross following a corner.
50: Corner, Nigeria. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi
47;Substitution, Nigeria. Tyronne Ebuehi replaces Abdullahi Shehu.
47.Substitution, Nigeria. Brian Idowu replaces Ola Aina.
47;Substitution, Argentina. Darío Benedetto replaces Sergio Agüero.
46: Action has resumed for second 45 minutes 
The first 45 minutes just ended. It was three goal thrillers, two to Argentina and one to Nigeria.
See the match updates below.
45+1: First Half Ends, Argentina 2, Nigeria 1
45+1: Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdullahi Shehu.
45+1: Foul by Alex Iwobi (Nigeria).
45+1: Enzo Pérez (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44. Goal! Argentina 2, Nigeria 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
42. Foul by Javier Mascherano (Argentina).
44. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43. Offside, Argentina. Javier Mascherano tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside
42. Paulo Dybala (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41. Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem
39. Johan Ogu (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39. Foul by Enzo Pérez (Argentina)
39. Foul by Johan Ogu (Nigeria)
39.  Enzo Pérez (Argentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
37. Ola Aina (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36. Goal! Argentina 2, Nigeria 0. Sergio Agüero (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Pavón
33. Delay in match Abdullahi Shehu (Nigeria) because of an injury
32. Attempt missed. Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
32. Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
31. Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner
31. Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem
28. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28. Foul by Éver Banega (Argentina)
27. Goal! Argentina 1, Nigeria 0. Éver Banega (Argentina) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
26. Hand ball by Daniel Akpeyi (Nigeria)
23. Delay over. They are ready to continue.
22. Delay in match Sergio Agüero (Argentina) because of an injury.
21. Offside, Nigeria. Daniel Akpeyi tries a through ball, but Wilfred Ndidi is caught offside.
20. Foul by Cristian Pavón (Argentina).
19. Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria).
18. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15. Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria).
14. Delay over. They are ready to continue.
13. Delay in match Leon Balogun (Nigeria) because of an injury.
13. Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Ola Aina
7. Foul by Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina).
6. Abdullahi Shehu (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5. Attempt blocked. Paulo Dybala (Argentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Agüero
4. Foul by Abdullahi Shehu (Nigeria).
3. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2. Offside, Argentina. Enzo Pérez tries a through ball, but Cristian Pavón is caught offside.
1. The match begins
Action has started in the international friendly match betweens the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Argentina in Russia.
The match can be viewed on NTA local station.
Tuesday’s friendly ahead of 2018 World Cup between Nigeria and Argentina will kick off by 5pm Nigerian time.“The game will start at 7pm local time in Argentina, which is 5:30pm in Nigeria,” Eagles spokesman Toyin Ibitoye informed.It has been confirmed that skipper John Mikel Obi who was left out of the final World cup qualifier in Algeria on Friday, will return to the starting XI against Argentina on Tuesday.
Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has decided to go with a formation of three central defenders in his line up for the international friendly.

The players who will be starting the game for Nigeria are going to play in a 5-3-2 formation which translates to 3-5-2 when they attack.

In the starting line up, goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi is back in goal, Chidozie Awaziem will line up alongside William Troost-Ekong and Leon Balogun as part of a three man central defence.

Line Up:

Daniel Akpeyi (GK), Chidozie Awaziem, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Shehu Abdullahi, Ola Aina, John Ogu, Wilfred Ndidi, Mikel Obi, Alex Iwobi,Kelechi Iheanacho.

Tuesday’s clash in Russia will represent the eighth time Nigeria have had to do battle with the South Americans. In the past encounters, the Super Eagles have lost five times, winning once and sharing the spoils on an occasion.

Gernot Rohr’s side will be hoping for a second victory over the Albiceleste who will have to make do without Barcelona ace Lionel Messi.

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