From Egypt To Paraguay: Nigeria’s Football Woes Continue
By Our Correspondent
European giants, Portugal Friday night extended Nigeria’s recent poor outing in football after they humiliated the Super Sand Eagles 10-1 in the ongoing 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.
Portugal overwhelmed Nigeria, defeating the Super Sand Eagles 10-1 to establish a dominant early lead in Group D.
Nigeria took the lead through Azeez Abu’s assured finish at the very end of the first period, but then it was all Portugal from there. The Selecção das Quinas went on to score an incredible ten unanswered goals, with five each in the second and third periods.
Nigeria had opportunities but weren’t clinical enough, while their opponents were the exact opposite. It was an unusual type of goal that kick-started the Portuguese goal-rush as Belchior scored directly from a corner kick.
Portugal never looked back from there, with legend Madjer scoring the final goal of the match.
The Super Eagles Sand Eagles will take on Oman in their next game on Sunday.
One interesting fact about the match last night was the fact that the Nigeria Football Federation stopped running commentary of the match after the end of 2nd period and Nigeria was losing by 5-1. The federation in its twitter handle https://twitter.com/thenff did not offere explanations on why it abruptly stopped the commentary
Nigeria football has come under severe scrutiny recently following poor performances of the various national teams in different competitions continentally and in the globe.
Olympic Eagles, Golden Eaglets, CHAN and home-based Super Eagles as well as Super Falcons have all underachieved in various matches they engaged in in the last two months.
The Olympic Eagles broke several hearts when they failed to pick a ticket for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. The performance led to the minister of youth and sports to demand for written explanations from the NFF on the outcome of the teams’ underwhelming shows.
NFF on Tuesday submitted a 15-page report and the minister, we understand, is currently studying the report. Nigerians believe that the report will provide the road-map to revamp football in the country.
