World Cup 2018: 5 super Eagles players that impressed in Russia

Nigeria’s 2018 world Cup came to a painful end on Tuesday night.

With barely seven mins left on the clock and the score at 1-1, the super Eagles had been heading towards a round of 16 clash with France.

Argentina defender, Marcos Rojo, found himself in the box and completed with precision Odion Ighalo lacked a few minutes earlier, sending the Albiceleste into the knockout levels.

Ighalo himself has been the goal of criticism after the match, however which of his team-mates covered themselves with glory in Russia?

1. John Mikel Obi: Captain excellent. Led bravely from the center. despite the fact that he got a bit of flak against Croatia playing as a 10, the Tianjin TEDA midfielder rolled back the years in the last  games, after he was deployed as a deep-lying playmaker. He probably has one fundamental tournament left for him, Mikel Obi will absolutely go down as one among our favourite Nigerian footballers ever.

2. Oghenekaro Etebo: From the on-set, Etebo’s strength and tenacity shone. Even after he conceded an own goal within the first fixture, the new Stoke city boy made the best XI of the world Cup’s starting round. Honestly accomplished enough to cement his place as a regular inside the team.

3. Ahmed Musa: The Leicester city winger is officially Nigeria’s go-to man for world Cup goals. Musa scored  2 times in 2014 and 2018. No super Eagles player dead or alive has more. The 25-year-old became a normal thorn in the flesh of opposition with tempo and strength, on every occasion he was picked by Gernot Rohr and his finishing was a class apart.

4. Francis Uzoho: There has been numerous talk surrounding Uzoho, after Rohr confirmed the 19-yr-old would be his first preference at the 2018 world Cup. However the Deportivo la Coruna gave a brilliant account of himself within the three matches he featured. His standout save for me, became the finger tips he got to Messi’s free-kick.

5. Wilfred Ndidi: Notwithstanding the truth that he had fitness issues ahead of the tournament , there was in no way a doubt Ndidi should make the squad. And it was not tough to see why. An expert midfield patrol agent, the Leicester city man was tasked with putting out fires and did his assignment excellently.