SUPER EAGLES head coach Austin Eguavoen has expressed delight at the performance of Super Eagles stars in the first leg of the Europa Conference League round of 16 clash between Leicester City and Randers FC.
During the game, Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, was on target as Leicester City strolled past Danis club Randers FC.
The Nigerian international opened the scoring for Brendan Rodgers’s side after 23 minutes of play at the King Power however the visitors restored parity before the break.
Another Nigerian international and former Manchester United academy star, Tosin Kehinde, assisted Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati to score the equaliser in the 45th-minute.
The coach who shared pictures with Super Eagles players, Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Ademola Lookman, said he was impressed with their performance.
He posted on Instagram, “Great game yesterday and it was great to see Kelechi and Ademola in good shape!
“Great to see our boys play yesterday at Leicester. Congratulations to Wilfred on his goal and 200th appearance for the club.”
Leicester, who were in search of their second win of the year 2022 in all competitions since their January 8th victory over struggling Watford managed to survive the scare when they resumed play.
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The Foxes returned gun-blazing in the second half and regained their lead after four minutes through Harvey Barnes, before Zambian striker, Patson Daka before, made it 3-1in the 54th-minute.
Rodgers’ side wrapped up the comfortable victory with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 74th-minute goal, thanks to an assist from Super Eagles’ new boy, Ademola Lookman.
FIFA approved Lookman’s request to switch nationality from England to Nigeria.
The high-flying winger has already held a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation’s president, Amaju Pinnick, coach Augustine Eguavoen, amongst others, ahead of next month’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier playoff against Ghana.
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