INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: Ecuador Beats Nigeria

Nigeria end their USA tour with a second defeat.

The game which went down at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, saw Villarreal left-back Pervis Estupiñán open scoring in just three mminutes into the game, having ran on to a swung in setpiece unmarked before heading past a stranded Francis Uzoho.

Ecuador 🇪🇨 1-0 Nigeria 🇳🇬

The three-time AFCON champions have now gone five straight games without a win, losing three and drawing two.

Up next for the Super Eagles is that they would return to Nigeria in preparations for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers game against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone on June 9th behind closed doors at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja.

STARTING XI
FRANCIS UZOHO

CALVIN BASSEY, SEMI AJAYI, TROOST EKONG, CHIDOZIE AWAZIEM

MOSES SIMON, JOE ARIBO, ALEX IWOBI, SANI FAISAL

CYRIEL DESSERS, TEREM MOFFI

Substitutions 🔄
46′ SANI FAISAL ⬆️ EMMANUEL DENNIS⬇️
46′ CHIDOZIE AWAZIEM⬆️ OLA AINA⬇️
85′ TEREM MOFFI⬆️ VICTOR MBAOMA⬇️