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Super Eagles Crush Albiceleste 4-2 In Krasnodar

By Augustine Akhilomen

Super Eagles came from behind to defeat the Albiceleste 4-2 in Tuesday’s international friendly encounter at the Krasnodar arena, Russia.

Argentina got on the score sheet in the 27th minute with Banega curling his free-kick before Sergio Aguero extended their lead in the 37th minute. However, Kelechi Iheanacho gave Nigeria a lifeline when he netted from a beautiful free-kick in the 44th minute.

At the start of the second half, Alex Iwobi levelled score before Brian Idowu made it 3-2 while Iwobi took the game beyond Argentina’s reach with a sublime finish to make it 4-2.

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