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Super Eagles pegged back by Jordan, Iwobi sent off

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The Super Eagles were tonight held to a 2-2 draw by World Cup debutants Jordan in a friendly played in Turkey.

In the earlier game of this four-nation tournament, Iran trounced Costa Rica 5-0.

The spirited Jordanians took the lead against the run of play in the 17th minute courtesy of Mousa Altamari, whose free kick from distance beat Francis Uzoho in goal for Nigeria.

An effort by Nigeria soon after was ruled out by the referee, before stand-in captain Moses Simon restored parity on 24 minutes.

The Super Eagles then went in front in the 41st minute, when an unmarked central defender Emmanuel Fernandez justified his first start with a coolly taken goal.

In the second half, Nigeria pressed on for more goals with Frank Onyeka and Fernandez coming close to increasing the lead.

In the 58th minute, goalkeeper Uzoho was replaced by Adebayo Adeleye after he suffered an injury that forced him out of the contest.

Captain Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi came on to stablise the Super Eagles midfield.

Adeleye made a point-blank save in the 74th minute, when he made himself big against the Jordanian striker to only concede a corner.

However, three minutes later Jordan drew level with a great team goal.

It was a fitting reward for their attacking appetite as they kept chasing the game in the second half.

In the 78th minute, Iwobi missed a good chance after he was set up by Jerome Akor.

In the closing moments of the encounter, the Fulham star was sent off after a scuffle involving both teams.

Super Eagles Starting XI vs Jordan: Uzoho (Adeleye 58) – Zaidu, Osayi-Samuel, Ogbu, Fernandez – Onyedika (Iwobi 59), Onyeka,(Otele 80) Moses Simon (Chukwueze 80), Yira Sor (Ndidi 59) – Akor, Lookman

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Official: Club stopped Femi Azeez from Super Eagles friendlies

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A top team official has informed SCORENigeria that English Championship club Millwall have stopped Femi Azeez from featuring in the Super Eagles friendlies against Poland and Portugal.

Femi Azeez was drafted to the Super Eagles squad for the friendlies as a direct replacement for Samuel Chukwueze after he shone at the Unity Cup in London.

However, his club Millwall stopped him from the matches.

“He was listed for the friendlies, but his club blocked him from the matches,” the official told SCORENigeria

This is believed to be in connection with a possible major transfer involving the highly-rated winger amid reports that Millwall have turned down a 20 million pounds offer from promoted Ipswich Town for the player.

Swedish club AIK stopped Zadok Yohanna from making his Super Eagles debut partly because he was injured and also because they are negotiating his transfer.

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Family seeks autopsy of late Golden Eaglets star Victor Udoh

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Top sources have told only SCORENigeria that the family has sought an autopsy to be done on former Golden Eaglets star Victor Udoh, who died in Abuja at the weekend amid various speculations surrounding his untimely death.

The autopsy will uncover the cause of death of the player, who was hail and hearty on the day he died.

The autopsy will be conducted after the Sallah holidays by Friday as a court will have to authorise it.

“So many lies have been written about the circumstances leading to his death and that it the more reason an autopsy is now very necessary,” another source confided to SCORENigeria

“No one has been arrested or detained in connection with his death and the cause of death has yet to be determined.”

A close family source further informed SCORENigeria on the fateful day of his death Udoh had trained around the hills between Kubwa and Bwari along with his friends, which he even posted on social media.

He later retired to his house and it was only when he could not be reached on phone that all efforts were done to break into his room, where his body was found.

It was further gathered that the player even got his entry visa to restart his career in the Czech Republic just days to his demise.

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Super Eagles coach faults Man of Match Femi Azeez

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Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has congratulated Man of the Match Femi Azeez on his goal-scoring debut, but at the same faulted some of the things that the Millwall winger failed to do.

Femi Azeez made the dream debut with two goals for the Super Eagles to sink Zimbabwe and advance to the final of the Unity Cup Saturday in London.

“He scored two goals, I congratulate him, but he lost a lot of balls, so not happy with him even though he recovered some of these balls,” Eric Chelle said at the post-match media briefing.

“I also asked them to do the high pressing for the whole 90 minutes.”

The coach praised his experimental selection for “playing like a team who have been playing together for the past six months, one year”, saying they deserved their victory.

“It was not easy for some of the players to play for the first time against a strong team like Zimbabwe,” he said.

“But this is a friendly not a World Cup or AFCON qualifier.

“All the same we deserved our victory and i am happy for the result.”

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