The senior national team of Nigeria were beaten 0-1 by Ecuador in an international friendly game played in the United States of America. Their second straigh friendly loss.
OwnGoalNigeria.com picks five players who were on top of their game during the course of the duration of the game decided by a goal in the 3rd minute by Pervis Josué Estupiñán.
Calvin Bassey – By far the best player on the pitch for the Nigerian team. He combined his job defensively with constant foray to join attack where his deliveries caused all sort of problems for the defence of Ecuador. A really good display he had.
Francis Uzoho – Had a very good game and he is largely why the scores stayed decent. Could do nothing about the goal he conceded. His distribution was hit and miss but his handling, positioning and reflex were spot on.
William Troost Ekong- Didn’t look like same player who was all over the place against Mexico few days ago. Solid in ground duels, won all his aerial duels. However he could have done better when trying to play from the back. Lucky not to have scored an own goal again but it still didn’t take away the fact that he was very solid.
Alex Iwobi – Back to back games he has proven to be the surest route to goal for the Nigerian team. Set up three chances which were wasted twice by Cyriel Dessers and once by Terem Moffi.
Moses Simon – Created four goal scoring chances. More than any other player on the pitch. Set up a clear cut chance for Emmanuel Dennis which looked easier to score than miss. Could easily have walked away with four assists. Also had more touches than any other player for Nigeria.
