English Premiership club, Chelsea and Championship side, Stoke City, have commended their Nigerian defender, Kenneth Omeruo and midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo, respectively, following Nigeria’s World Cup match victory over Iceland on Friday.
The Super Eagles recorded a 2-0 win over Iceland in the game which Ahmed Musa grabbed the brace to bring the team back into reckoning in the group, after the 0-2 loss in their first game against Croatia.
Omeruo was handed his first start of the competition by Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, as part of a three-man defence and he rewarded the German coach with a fine performance.
Though he had a hand in the penalty caused by Tyronne Ebuehi which was missed by Gyfil Sigurdsson, Omeruo did well in helping the Super Eagles ward off the threat of the Iceland forwards.
”What a performance from @omeruo22! ?#NGAISL,” reads a tweet on the club’s official Twitter handle.
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