Nigeria 0 vs 0 Botswana – 12 November 2011
Match Type
Friendly game
Venue
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City, Nigeria
Coach
Stephen Keshi
Match Line Up
1 Vincent ENYEAMA (Goal Keeper)
5 Efe AMBROSE
13 Yussuf AYILA
2 Joseph YOBO (Captain)
3 Taye TAIWO
6 Fegor OGUDE
4 Joel OBI
20 Dickson ETUHU
12 Kalu UCHE
17 Ekigho EHIOSUN
15 Ikechukwu UCHE
Substitute Bench
16 Austin EJIDE (Goal Keeper)
7 Chinedu OBASI
8 Brown IDEYE
9 Emmanuel EMENIKE
10 Jude ANEKE
11 Nosa IGIEBOR
14 Dele ADELEYE
18 Ahmed MUSA
19 Gege SORIOLA
21 Elderson ECHIEJILE
22 Ugo UKAH
Substitutions
Elderson ECHIEJILE for Taye TAIWO
Chinedu OBASI for Ekigho EHIOSUN
Austin EJIDE for Vincent ENYEAMA
Ahmed MUSA for Ikechukwu UCHE
Brown IDEYE for Kalu UCHE
Nosa IGIEBOR for Joel OBI
Nigeria managed a goalless draw against Botswana in a friendly international in Benin City on Saturday evening in what was Coach Stephen Keshi’s first game in charge.
An enthusiastic crowd turned up to cheer the Super Eagles to victory, but they were left disappointed as the resolute, well coordinated Zebras held their own in defence to ward off the hosts in attack.
The Eagles found it hard to break down the Zebras with shots blocked by young goalkeeper Kabelo Dambe even as the Nigerians retained most of the possession throughout the game.
Ike Uche, Joel Obi and Fegor Ogude all saw their shots kept out by Dambe as rain poured down on the first half.
The eager fans then took to singing and asking for a goal in the second half that saw a series of changes made by both coaches.
Substitutes Brown Ideye, Chinedu Obasi and Ahmed Musa had opportunities saved as the game wore to a close.
Dickson Etuhu was voted the Most Valuable Player.
Nigeria will next play Zambia on November 15 in Kaduna as they seek to rebuild after missing out of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
