Expdonaloaded Sports News; Int’l friendly: 3-Star Eagles

SUPER Eagles new gaffer, Sunday Oliseh beamed with smiles for the first time after a game since he took over the team, as his wards put up what could pass for a five star performance that however produced only three goals in yesterday’s friendly against Camer­oon.Playing what is eas­ily their best game so far under Oliseh, the Eagles went on rampage as they outclassed the Lions in every department of the game and in the process scored three un replied goals.Goals from Efe Am­brose, Moses Simon and Odion Ighalo did the magic for Nigeria at the Edmond Machtens-Stadi­on in Brussels.


The Eagles it would be noted had on Thursday flopped to DR Congo by 0-2 in a game that was played amidst the crisis that engulfed the team no thanks to the feud involv­ing Oliseh and long stand­ing captain and goalkeep­er, Vincent Enyeama.
Oliseh had before yesterday’s game been handed a must-win man­date by his employers, the Nigeria Football Fed­eration (NFF) who were apparently not impressed with the outcome of the recent games played by the Eagles.
Oliseh had in his very first game managed to secure a goalless draw in the AFCON 2017 quali­fier against Tanzania in Dar es Salaam only to se­cure a 2-0 win over lowly rated Niger in a friendly decided at the Adokie Amasiemeka Stadium, Port Harcourt.
The Eagles will next month begin the race to the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup when they face the winner of Swa­ziland/Djibouti in a first round pairing.
The new Eagles han­dler had urged Nigerians to be patient with him as he builds a new team, even as he stated that he is not a magician that can build a winning squad over night.