Eagles Bash Kaduna DSS 4-0

The national team continued its build up for Wednesday friendly against Liberia on Sunday morning in Abuja , with a comfortable 4-0 bashing of Nationwide Division One side Dynamic Sporting Solution (DSS) of Kaduna .

The match played at the synthetic pitch of the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja , saw the Eagles dominating from start to finish with little resistance from the Kaduan side, that was apparently overwhelmed by the occasion.

Starring skipper Chigozie Agbim in goal, Godfrey Oboabona, Juwon Oshaniwa, Papa Idris and Azubuike Egwueke in the defence, the midfield had Uche Ossai, Sunday Emmanuel, Ejike Ozoenyi andGabriel Reuben, while Sunday Mba and Kalu Uche were the arrow-heads.

The Kaduna side took the kickoff and just after 5minutes the Eagles struck when diminutive Ozoenyi raced clear from an Mba pass to slip past the goalkeeper of DSS for the opening goal. It was the turn of the goal creator Mba in the 22nd minute after been cleverly fed by midfielder Reuben, to hit home the second.

By this time the bench of the Kaduna side led by Ahmed Jubrin was animated as he started to yell at his players to stop according the national team too much respect.

That seemed to fall on deaf ears as Enyimba hitman, Kalu Uche made it three after Ejike had ran clear off his marker on the left side of the pitch to lay him an inch perfect pass.

The first thus half ended 3-0 in favour of the national team.

As has become customary during friendly games Stephen Keshi introduced new faces to the squad like Bathlomew Ibenegbu, Osas Omamo,Uche Oguchi, Barnabas Imenger, Obinna Nwachukwu, Izu Azuka, Ahmed Adesope Kabir Umar, Kingsley Salami, Kola Anubi and goalkeeper Okemute Odah.

That made little difference as the Eagles continued their dominance of the game with little resistance from the highly organised Kaduna side.

In the 70th minute, Izu Azuka, dribbled past the defence of DSS and was heading for goal, when he was hacked down by a defender. He referee promptly pointed to the spot and Azuka himself stepped up to riffle home goal number 4, in the largely one sided game.

The scoreline stood like that till the referee sounded the home whistle, even as Imenger, Nwachukwu and Ibenegbu all came close to increasing the goals tally.

At the end of the day, Keshi in a chat with players and officials of DSS, told them that he was highly impressed by their level of professionalism and urged them not to be demoralised by the scoreline.

“I have spotted one or two good talents from your squad and I will be watching out for you guys. You had a wonderful game against your national team today, please keep up the spirit”, he admonished.