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Russia 2018: Nigeria Succumb To Czech Republic in Final Preparatory Match

Nigeria succumb 1-0 to Czech Republic in their final preparatory friendly game before the kick-off of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Nigeria failed to make the first half of the game count as Czech Republic utilize the opportunity to punish the Super Eagles after a rebound from Francis Uzoho fell on unmarks  Kalas Toma inside the box who scores the only goal of the game in the 25th minutes.

Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses pairing continues to pill pressure on their opponent as they could not break a well composed defense of Czech Republic for an equalizer.

Elderson Echiejile, Ahmed Musa, Simon Nwankwo, Kelechi Iheanacho were all thrown into the fray in the second half to unravel point for the Eagles end up in deadlock.

Francis Uzoho pulled some great save to keep Super Eagles in the game by denying Czech Republic from further damage in extending the lead.

Nigeria have lost most World Cup warm up games to Serbia, England and Czech before finally setting a date with Croatia in their opening game in Russia.

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