Completesports.com’s ADEBOYE AMOSU rates Flying Eagles players’ performance following Sunday night’s 2-1 victory against Dominican Republic in their opening game at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup…
CHIJIOKE ANIAGBOSO 7/10
The goalkeeper made a superb save to deny Dominican Republic an equaliser in the second half, otherwise he was virtually on holiday for most part of the game.
DANIEL BAMEYI 7/10
The captain caused problems for the opponent with his long throw-ins. He did a good job in the right-back position.
BENJAMIN FREDERICK 7/10
Unlucky to concede the penalty that led to Dominican Republic’s only goal of the game. It was a good showing from the centre-back.
ABEL OGWUCHE 7/10
Solid as usual. The Trelleborgs FF of Sweden star gave a good account of himself in the game.
JONATHAN AGBALAKA 6/10
Solid defensively but didn’t too much in attack especially in the second half.
DANIEL DAGA 7/10
Exhibited his skills especially in the first half. Good performance from the midfileder.
TOCHUKWU NADI 7/10
Not a bad performance from the midfileder on his first competitive appearance for the Flying Eagles.
SAMSON LAWAL 7/10
Capped a good performance with the winning goal 20 minutes from time.
IBRAHIM MUHAMMED 6/10
The versatile forward didn’t really lived up to expectation in the game. He was subbed off in the second half.
JUDE SUNDAY 8/10
The talented winger was unlucky not to get a goal in the game. He was clearly Nigeria’s best performer of the day.
SALIM FAGO 6/10
The forward didn’t really do much in the game before he was substituted.
SUBSTITUTES
UMEH EMMANUEL 4/10
Took the place of Salim Fago early in the second half.
VICTOR ELETU 5/10
Showed glimpses of his best after replacing match winner Samson Lawal on 71 minutes.
HALIRU SARKI 5/10
Unlucky not to get a goal after his introduction in the second half.
IBRAHIM KEHINDE
Not Rated
IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI
Not Rated
5 Comments
Italy is currently destroying Brazil..
Bameyi will need to be at his best to stop that left winger of the Italy team..
I wish them luck
Anyway I didn’t watch the game because of flight delay in getting to the stadium.but if wat I saw on highlight is real den as I m watching the other game now 3 1 from my hotel .. I wil subtract 3 marks each from ur grading.. well because dey won u upgrade their grading.. if they play Brazil next dey wil chop it … because the Nigerian coach stil lack the techniques of winning matches . The 2 1 against dominos was a gift ..
Hence I m my technical crew wil help the team with our video record of past game Brazil have lost in the coming days . But before u starts thinking of wat to expect. Let me give the coach this tips .
Fast backward to Atlanta..goal from ikpeba babangida canu and the throw in came from long short .wat does that mean.coach .
Fast forward to now check the Italian goal wat do u notice …compare to how u play dominoes.
That is the secret of how to win Brazil… nigerian coaches don’t have foresight. Ok again see how arsenal fell to north forest .. something is wrong with our Nigeria coaches ..
Now let go on how to handle Italy …watch Napoli vs inter coach wat did u notice. .. each game must have different approach.
This attacking attitude of Nigeria team makes them fall to a compart team always..
We wil want to be proved wrong ..
A win is a win, which one is slim win. Do you think other team come and sell bread?
I didn’t watch the game, but I will commend them for getting the win. It’s not easy. So called minnows are springing surprises these days. African champions Senegal lost to Japan today.
I’ll take the 2-1 win, and encourage the boys to stay focused as the tournament progresses.
Our number 7 Lawal was unplayable when he was subbed on last night.I was impressed by his performance