The Salisu Yusuf led Eagles continued their winning streak coming from Friday’s win over Mali to beat Luxembourg by 3 goals to their only 1 goal.
The Eagles dominated the game in the first half with a lone goal before the break which came from Brown Ideye in the 36th minute.
The game had young starlets Iwobi and Iheanacho starting before Iwobi was substituted. Iheanacho had the 2nd goal for Nigeria in the 69th minute. Watford’s striker Ighalo got the final goal for Nigeria in extra time as Luxembourg’s Thill goal a consolation goal for the European country. The Red Lions leveraged on the defensive error of the Eagles to get their goal.
The game had Arokoyo of Nigeria and Janisch of Luxembourg getting booked. Nigeria made 6 substitutions against 5 made by their opponents at the Stade Josy Barthel.
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