Nigeria’s 2018 world Cup came to a painful end on Tuesday night.
With barely seven mins left at the clock and the rating at 1-1, the super Eagles had been heading in the direction of a round of 16 clash with France.
Argentina defender, Marcos Rojo, found himself within the box and completed with precision Odion Ighalo lacked a couple of minutes earlier, sending the Albiceleste into the knockout levels.
Ighalo himself has been the goal of criticism after the match, however which of his team-mates covered themselves with glory in Russia?
1. John Mikel Obi: Captain wonderful. Led bravely from the center. Notwithstanding the truth that he got a piece of flak against Croatia playing as a 10, the Tianjin TEDA midfielder rolled again the years within the last games, after he was deployed as a deep-lying playmaker. He probably has one essential tournament left for him, Mikel Obi will honestly pass down as certainly one of our favourite Nigerian footballers ever.
2. Oghenekaro Etebo: From the on-set, Etebo’s power and tenacity shone. Even after he conceded an own goal in the first fixture, the new Stoke city boy made the best XI of the world Cup’s starting round. Actually accomplished enough to cement his place as a regular in the team.
3. Ahmed Musa: The Leicester city winger is formally Nigeria’s go-to man for world Cup goals. Musa scored 2 times in 2014 and 2018. No super Eagles player dead or alive has extra. The 25-year-old became a regular thorn within the flesh of opposition with tempo and energy, on every occasion he was picked by Gernot Rohr and his finishing become a class apart.
4. Francis Uzoho: There was numerous talk surrounding Uzoho, after Rohr confirmed the 19-yr-old would be his first preference on the 2018 world Cup. But the Deportivo la Coruna gave a tremendous account of himself inside the three matches he featured. His standout save for me, have become the finger tips he got to Messi’s free-kick.
5. Wilfred Ndidi: Notwithstanding the reality that he had fitness issues beforehand of the tournament , there was in no way a doubt Ndidi ought to make the squad. And it was not difficult to see why. An expert midfield patrol agent, the Leicester city man was tasked with putting out fires and did his task excellently.
