The Super Eagles of Nigeria were forced to a goalless draw by former European champions, Greece in a thrilling \u2018\u2019road to Brazil\u2019\u2019 international friendly inside the PPL Park in Pennsylvania, USA Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Super Eagles paraded what most likely looked like coach Stephen Keshi\u2019s World Cup starting line-up put up a solid performance in a game that the two sides started very slowly.<\/p>\n
However, the African champions lacked accuracy on the attack to penetrate a tough Greek defensive line.<\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s Victor Moses and Ioannis Fetfatzidis of Greece gave more life to the game with flashes of individual runs at intervals.<\/p>\n
Moses seemed to be denied a genuine claim for a penalty kick after the Chelsea winger was brought down in what looked like inside the eighteen yard box, but the centre referee signaled free-kick for the Super Eagles after taking the ball about two yards backward.<\/p>\n
The two sides stepped their games up inside the last quarter of the encounter, but neither was lucky enough to register a goal.<\/p>\n
Monaco defender, Elderson \u00a0Echiejile\u00a0 was substituted due to a minor hamstring injury.<\/p>\n
The scoreless draw however, will give Keshi plenty to analyze as the 2014 World Cup debut gets closer and closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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