2014 World Cup: Eagles’re first African side to berth in Brazil

2014 World Cup: Eagles’re first African
side to berth in Brazil
on november 17, 2013 at 12:55 am in sports
By Jacob Ajom, Calabar
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.