The Super Eagles made good their promise by putting in a brave second half performance to hammer Iceland with two unreplied goals.
Ahmed Musa was all that the African side have to thank after slamming a superb finish for the first following a inch perfect cross from Chelsea star, Victor Moses.
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The Super Eagles were shadows of their real self in the first half and a de javu was in the offing, but they managed to end the first half without conceding.
Coach Gernot Rohr had an apparent brilliant half time talk and the team did well to put it all into play, having their first shot on target within seconds of replay and it wasn’t long before Moses completed a brilliant counter with a cross to Musa who had just two touches to give the Eagles the first.
The man Musa ran into the Iceland defence and kept his cool to round off the keeper and a defender before blasting to the roof for the second and the Super Eagles never looked like losing henceforth.
The former CSKA Moscow man became the first nigeria to score in two World Cups, having put 2 past Argentina in 2014.
The Super Eagles own have their destinies in their hands when they take on Argentina in a must win final encounter to keep them in the tournament.
The Nigerian side became only the second African side to record victory in this World Cup, Senegal being the first.
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