Halftime Report Nigeria 0 Czech Republic 1 : Moses, Ogu Come Close To Scoring
Published: June 06, 2018
Nigeria are down 1-0 to Czech Republic in an international friendly match on Wednesday afternoon.
It was a sluggish start to proceedings and the aerial route seemed to be the preferred route as either team looked to settle down.
Five minutes into the match, Victor Moses tried to curl a free kick around the wall and got it on target but goalkeeper Vaclik Thomas hurled himself to the top corner and gobbled it up.
The Czechs were unruffled. Shehu Abdullahi blocked Sural Josef's goal bound effort in the 10th minute of play.
Patrik Shick then went for goal from a volley that dropped from space but Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho palmed it away for a corner.
Uzoho was called to action again with a world class save from Sural Josef's volley.
He couldn't stop Czech Republic from racing into the lead in the 25th minute. Kalas Tomas slammed the ball to the back of the net after Uzoho spilled a goal bound header.
Nigeria could have had an instant reply. John Ogu should have converted that simple chance. A well worked corner by Victor Moses found the Hapoel Beer Sheva man who couldn't direct his header to the net.
Odion Ighalo also powered past the defender and unleash a deadly shot which the keeper saved .
It was a sluggish start to proceedings and the aerial route seemed to be the preferred route as either team looked to settle down.
Five minutes into the match, Victor Moses tried to curl a free kick around the wall and got it on target but goalkeeper Vaclik Thomas hurled himself to the top corner and gobbled it up.
The Czechs were unruffled. Shehu Abdullahi blocked Sural Josef's goal bound effort in the 10th minute of play.
Patrik Shick then went for goal from a volley that dropped from space but Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho palmed it away for a corner.
Uzoho was called to action again with a world class save from Sural Josef's volley.
He couldn't stop Czech Republic from racing into the lead in the 25th minute. Kalas Tomas slammed the ball to the back of the net after Uzoho spilled a goal bound header.
Nigeria could have had an instant reply. John Ogu should have converted that simple chance. A well worked corner by Victor Moses found the Hapoel Beer Sheva man who couldn't direct his header to the net.
Odion Ighalo also powered past the defender and unleash a deadly shot which the keeper saved .
Mikel tried to pull the strings from the centre as Nigeria started putting together some passes in their attacking third.
Abayomi Ademetan
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