Nigeria, Tunisia Friendly Ends In Draw

Nigeria, Tunisia Friendly Ends In Draw

The Super Eagles of Nigeria were forced to a 1-1 draw by their Tunisian counterparts on Tuesday night in an international friendly played at the Jacques Lemans Arena in the Austrian city of St. Veit a der Glan.

Kelechi Iheanacho had given Nigeria the lead in the 21st minute and could have doubled the advantage nine minutes later when captain Ahmed Musa was brought down in the box by the Tunisian goalkeeper, Faruq Mustapha.

The Leicester City forward fluffed the penalty kick awarded and that proved costly as Mohamed Draeger got the equaliser for Tunisia in the dying minutes of the first half.

After the lacklustre performance against Algeria, coach Gernot Rohr opted for some changes in the squad to face Tunisia and it translated into a better performance.

Captain Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Kevin Apokuguna and Kenneth Omeruo were all handed starting shirts.

Though it was the North Africans that dominated the early proceedings, the Super Eagles grew into the game and took charge.

Chukwueze with his moves on the right flank and Simon on the left troubled the Tunisia defence but the chances created could not be converted to goals as Nigeria could only boast of the solitary strike from Iheanacho.

The Tunisians also had decent chances of their own but Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye who only is making a third appearance for the national team gave an above-average performance.