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Eagles Put Two Past Malawians To Book W/Cup Play-off Place

Goals from Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses against Malawi ensured that Nigeria book their place into the playoff of the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualification … Continue reading Eagles Put Two Past Malawians To Book W/Cup Play-off Place


Goals from Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses against Malawi ensured that Nigeria book their place into the playoff of the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualification for Africa.

Moses and Emenike made their first start together for the first time since their Afcon-winning feat in February alongside the pacy duo of Ahmed Musa and Nnamdi Oduamadi up front.

The African champions carved the Malawians open severally in the opening 45 minutes but their lack of cutting edge in the final third and superb saves from Charles Swini kept the score goalless.

Oduamadi, Musa and Emenike were all culprits in missing chance after chance.

But it was seconds into added time before the break that Emenike broke the deadlock.

The Fenerbahce man received a well-weighted pass from Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and he made no mistake chipping it over Swini for Nigeria’s first.

The restart was a one-way traffic as Nigeria’s Super Eagles seized control of the tie.

On 51 minutes, after an interchange of passes, Musa set up Oduamadi who danced his way into the box and earned Nigeria a soft spot kick after the referee adjudged he was pulled down.

Liverpool man, Moses, stepped up and tucked the ball past Swiini for the second goal of the game goal.

A minute later, Malawi were down to 10 men as Limbikani Mzava was sent off for harshly tackling Musa who was goal-bound.

The Super Eagles then took their foot off the pedal and played keepsake with the ball as time ticked away.

Though Keshi threw in Shola Ameobi and Uche Nwofor, it did not change the result as Nigeria booked passage into the playoff of the World Cup qualification alongside Ghana, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Algeria and Egypt.