Akor Adams scored a beautiful goal in the final minutes of the second half as the Super Eagles of Nigeria played a 3-3 draw against Russia.
It wasn’t an easy match for the Eagles who had to crawl from 3-1 down to leveling the game before ending everything in a draw.
Eric Chelle fielded an entirely different team from the ones who had the opportunity of playing the AFCON qualifiers match.
Kelechi Iheanacho made his return to the national team after missing out for a very long time. It was a good return for the Bursaspor striker who is currently scoring for fun.
It only took Iheanacho just 10 minutes before scoring a spectacular goal from outside the box which made the scoreline 1-0 as play carried on.
Russia were more alerted after conceding an early goal in the match being played at their home. The host pushed and gain control of possession going forward.
They pushed until they found the equalizer through Sadulaev in the 30th minute of play. He made sure his finishing was perfect to make the scoreline 1-1.
During this time, the Super Eagles were barely making much happen for themselves while the host dominated play and created more opportunities.
Kislyak gave the host the lead after his wonderful goal which came in the additional minutes of the first half encounter.
Russia ended the first half with a 2-1 lead against Nigeria. Both teams came into the second half playing high pressing football as they look to add more.
It wasn’t working too well for the Eagles as the host made sure they were well organized and did everything possible to protect their goal.
Russia scored once again in the 54th minute which saw things became more unbearable for the visitors. Miranchuk was the man who made it count as the scoreline became 3-1.
It was a big huddle for the Super Eagles to mount a comeback as they put themselves in a good position of making that happen.
The game kept going on with nothing coming through except wasted opportunities and close calls which amounted to nothing.
Edokpolor scored in the 78th minute to give Nigeria a fighting chance after beautifully placing a curler which hit the corner of the net to make it 3-2.
That wasn’t enough for the Eagles as they kept knocking with Eric Chelle making more changes to see how best his side can get the equalizer.
The goal wasn’t coming until Akor Adams took matters upon himself, the Venezia forward scored in the additional time of the second half to make it 3-3.
After his goal, there was nothing much to play as Russia and Nigeria ended the encounter with a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes of action played.
The Super Eagles did well enough to pull a comeback which unfortunately couldn’t see them go all the way to earn a victory which would have been massive.
It was an important game for the home fans and their national who continue to hope for them to get their chances of returning to competitive football.
Russia and Nigeria did well enough from their part as they will take the result as a massive one knowing it could have gone either way after 90 minutes.
