Former Nigeria international, Samson Siasia has hailed Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa for his brilliant second half display which earned Nigeria a 2-0 win over Iceland.
Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 in a 2018 World Cup second group game at the Volgograd Arena on Friday.
The Leicester City winger became the first Nigeria player to score in consecutive World Cups.
Musa scored two superb goals against Argentina in the last World Cup and that also mades him the first Nigerian to score two times in two different World Cup matches following his brace in the encounter.
Siasia reckons that the Super Eagles started slowly but turned the corner after Musa’s opener.
Siasia, working as a guest analyst on SuperSport TV, said, “It was an impressive performance from the Super Eagles. They did well after the slow start.
“Musa’s pace and energy brought more life to the team and they were more quicker which was the difference.”
The former Super Eagles coach also added that the team were lucky Gyfli Sigurdsson missed his spot kick.
“The team was lucky Sigurdsson missed his penalty because if he scored the pressure would have been more on the team,” the 1994 World Cup star added.
Super Eagles now plays their final group game against Argentina who’s still winless after two games.
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