The trio of Brown Ideye, Kelechi Iheanacho and Odion Ighalo were on the scorers’ chart as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Luxembourg 3-1 in an international friendly played at the Josy Barthel Stadium on Tuesday.
Brown Ideye gave the Super Eagles the lead as he scored his first goal for the team in three years in the 36th minute, while Kelechi Iheanacho made it two 24 minutes into the second half of the game.
Vincent Thill, registered his name on the scorers chart as he scored for Luxembourg in the 90th minute bringing the scoreline to 2-1. Watford of England striker, Odion Ighalo, who came in as a substitute however made it three for the Super Eagles after he netted the winner few seconds after Thill’s goal.
Coach Salisu Yusuf made six changes to the side that narrowly defeated Mali in Rouen last week as he brought on Ideye in place of Odion Ighalo, Daniel Akpeyi for Carl Ikeme and Kenneth Omeruo for Leon Balogun.
Like the Luxembourgers, Nigeria will return to the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in September though will not make it to Gabon 2017 after surrendering the ticket to Egypt. The victory made it Eagles’ third victory from seven games in 2016.
The hosts last won a game in November 2015 when they defeated Greece 1-0 in a friendly match with Aurélien Joachim getting the lone goal.
