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Super Eagles beat Luxembourg 3-1

Nigeria’s Super Eagles continued their blissful run on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over the Red Lions of Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel.

The win, which is the second under caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf after Friday’s 1-0 win over Mali in France.

Brown Ideye opened scoring in the 36th minute from a rebound shot from Ogenyi Onazi after Umar Aminu outmuscled two defenders.

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Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, whose goal on Friday gave Nigeria a 1-0 victory over Mali, scored Eagles’ second goal in the 69 minutes from a defensive error.

Luxembourg pulled a goal back on 87 minutes through Vincent Thill but Watford striker Odion Ighalo extended Nigeria’s lead after a solo run by Iheanacho in stoppage time to make it 3-1.

Eagles vs Luxembourg line up

Daniel Akpeyi  – Musa Mohammed, Elderson Echiejile, Kenneth Omeruo, Troost-Ekong (Arooyo 70) – Ogenyi Onazi (Wilfred Ndidi 63), Shehu Abdullahi (Raheem Lawal 63), Umar Aminu (Moses Simon 56), Alex Iwobi (Babatunde Michael 56) – Kelechi Iheanacho, Brown Ideye (Odion Ighalo 71)

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