By Lekan Olaseinde
Abuja
Cranes of Uganda stunned Super Eagles 1-0 in an international friendly match played yesterday night at the Uyo International Stadium, Akwa –Ibom.
Viper star Faruku Miya ruined Vincent Enyeama’s 100th cap for Nigeria in the 81st minute, when his strike from inside the box was slightly deflected by Akeem Latifu and Enyeama pushed the ball into his goal.
Enyeama however thanked all Nigerians who had stood by him throughout his years at the National team and dispelled rumours that he’s about to quit the Super Eagles .He insisted that the match had come and gone just like any match and for see a better future for the team
This match was aimed at preparing both teams for the qualifying series for the 2017 AFCON in June.
Overall, it was not a convincing display for the Super Eagles led by Daniel Amokachi inside a deserted Uyo Stadium. They struggled to put together passes and were unco-ordinated throughout the matches having only trained together once.
CSKA Moscow forward Ahmed Musa was again full of running but had no end product to show for all that.
Caretaker coach Daniel Amokachi handed debuts to Odion Ighalo, Moses Simon and Latifu, but the debutants did not exactly cover themselves in glory.
Nigeria threatened as early as the sixth minute, but goalkeeper Denis Onyango and his defence did well to clear the danger from an attack initiated by Anthony Ujah.
Substitute Moses Simon brought some bite to the Eagles attack when he was introduced.
In the 63rd minute his shot from outside the box was wide off target and moments earlier he was denied by Onyango at the near post.
The Cranes held on for a famous win .