Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Sunday were held to a 1-1 draw by the Warriors of Zimbabwe in their second match of World Cup qualifiers at the Huye Stadium in Rwanda.
The pressure was on the Super Eagles as they needed a positive result after an underwhelming draw against Lesotho at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium last Thursday.
It was not a good start for the Super Eagles as Zimbabwe’s MUSONA hit a 30-meter free kick in the 26th minute to beat Nigeria’s shot stopper FRANCIS UZOHO.
The 2013 AFCON champions who had their point man VICTOR OSIMHEN and TAIWO AWONIYI struggled to impose themselves on the game with Zimbabwe emerging the stronger side at half time.
JOSE PESEIRO made three changes at halftime, bringing on VICTOR BONIFACE , KELECHI IHENACHO and OSAYI -SAMUEL as substitute for OLA AINA, ONYEKA and NATHA TELLA.
And PESEIRO’s men were duly rewarded with a 67th-minute goal from IHENACHO, who fired a shot just inside the left post to equalize for the Super Eagles.
Nigeria kept on searching for the winning goal in the closing stages of the match but the Warriors remained resolute in defence.