The Super Eagles of Nigeria began their 2018
World Cup qualification campaign with a 2- 1
win over the Chipopolo of Zambia. Here are
four things we learned from the encounter;
Iwobi And Iheanacho Are
The Future
It has been ages since Nigeria had a truly
young frontline but in Alex Iwobi and Kelechi
Iheanacho, we have two twenty -year - old
players who are true hot prospects .
Iwobi scored a brace in Nigeria’ s friendly
against Plateau United and Iheanacho scored
again for the Eagles following his super strike
against Tanzania .
If they keep this up , I just might be looking
forward to watching the Eagles again.
The Super Eagles Defense Is
A Mess
There was a time when I thought Kenneth
Omeruo was going to become a star but he
has hardly lived up to his potential . He put in
a disastrous showing today and will receive
most of the blame for Zambia’ s goal.
Save for Troost Ekong , Nigeria could well have
played without a backline
Gernot Rohr Is Ticking All The Right
Boxes
Newly appointed technical adviser, Gernot
Rohr has made a great start to managerial
life. Under him , the Eagles look more assured
and at times , they were such a joy to watch in
Sunday ’ s encounter.
If he can fix that defense, this team will return
to glory days in no time
Carl Ikeme Is An Astute Replacement For
Enyeama
Vincent Enyeama will go down in history as
one of Nigeria’ s greatest goalkeepers and his
retirement last year nearly gave me a heart
attack. However , Carl Ikeme has proved equal
to the task since getting called up to the team
by Sunday Oliseh.
He put in another immense shift today ,
keeping Nigeria in the match despite our
defense.